Academic Catalog

CE564 ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS II

Course Code: 5620564
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Civil Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. BAHADIR SADIK BAKIR
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Concept of failure, Failure theories. Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion. Shear resistance between soil particles. Shear testing methods. Pore pressure parameters. Shear strength of cohesionless soils. Shear strength of cohesive soils. Types of stability analysis. (R)