Course Description

This course provides an understanding of soil compaction techniques using laboratory tests using a Standard Proctor, and field compaction techniques using Sand Cone laboratory tests. Determining soil shear strength parameters, calculating analytically and graphically using the Mohr‘s Circle method and polar method as well as carrying out direct shear tests and compressive strength tests. Soil Compression regarding pre-consolidation stress, overburden stress, determining the parameters of the soil compression coefficient (Cc in the field), swelling coefficient (Cs) as well as carrying out practical consolidation tests, carrying out Sondir tests in the Field and CBR