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Geotechnical Engineering
Phase relationships. Physical properties of soil. Soil classification. Compaction, Stresses in Soils. Permeability and seepage. Shear strength. Compressibility, consolidation and settlement
2013-up to present
Foundation Engineering
Subsurface exploration. Bearing capacity of soil and rock. Stresses due foundation loads. Shallow foundation settlement. Factors considered for shallow foundation design. Deep foundations: capacity and settlement. Lateral earth pressure and retaining walls. Foundations on expansive soils. Slope stability analysis
2013 - up to present
Engineering Geology
Introduction to engineering geology. Earth surface and physical properties of earth materials. Minerals and Rocks. Properties and classification of Rocks, Superficial Deposits. Geological processes. Structural geology. Introduction to Geotechnical earthquakes.Soil formation and types. Groundwater. Site Investigation. Engineering Geology in Practice.
2013 - Up to present
Structural Mechanics
Introduction and General concepts. Vector operations. Rectangular Force decomposition. Equilibrium of a particle. Various types of Supports. Free body diagram. Moment of forces about a point and about an axis. Equivalent systems. Rigid and deformable bodies. Equilibrium of a rigid body in two and three dimensions. Analysis of Structures: Trusses (method of Joints and sections). Frames and machines. Simply supported beams (Normal force, shear force and bending moment diagrams). Concept of stress. Centroids and Centers of gravity. Moment of Inertia, composite sections. Concept of strain. Stress-strain relations. Normal Stress. Hook’s law, Modulus of elasticity. Stresses resulting from pure moment. Shear Stresses
2015/2016
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