This course covers the following topics: the index properties, plasticity and structure of soil, engineering classification of soil, soil compaction, permeability, seepage, effective stress, stresses in a soil mass, consolidation behavior and strength of soils. The first part of the course introduces fundamental engineering properties and the second part covers the concept of time dependent deformation behavior and the strength of soil.

CILO-1: Describe and estimate the fundamental properties of soils. CILO-2: Classify the soil using Unified Soil Classification System. CILO-3: Recognize the principles of and interpret the factors affecting soil compaction. CILO-4: Analyze a seepage problem by flow net. CILO-5: Calculate effective stress in non-seepage and seepage problems. CILO-6: Calculate the vertical stress increase in soil caused by various loading. CILO-7: Apply 1D consolidation theory to calculate settlement and pore pressure. CILO-8: Apply the principles of shear strength of soils to various laboratory tests. CILO-9: Analyze geotechnical problems with basic shear strength theories. CILO-10: Conduct basic experiments to obtain engineering properties of soils.