CivE 680

Engineering Properties of Soils

Description

Principle of effective stress, clay-water systems, soil compressibility and theories of consolidation. Pore pressure parameters. Strength of granular and cohesive media. Anisotropy of soils. Laboratory measurement of strength and deformation properties. Stress-strain relations.

Learning Outcomes

Develop an understanding of the impact of soil composition and clay mineralogy on the mechanical behaviours of soils
Develop an advanced understanding of the concept and importance of effective stress
Be able to calculate and plot the total and effective stress paths of common soil testing methods. And the basis for deriving these paths for other conditions
Identify the meaning of the concepts of yield, strength and critical state and relate this to observed soil responses to triaxial testing
To apply elastic-plastic models (example: Cam Clay) to represent elastic and plastic deformation of soil in both shear and volumetric strain and to evaluate the effect of the soil’s pore pressure response to loading during undrained or partially drained conditions

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Sections & Respective Instructors

A1 - 2025/2026 - Fall - Rick Chalaturnyk

A1 - 2024/2025 - Fall - Michael Hendry

A1 - 2023/2024 - Fall - Michael Hendry

A1 - 2022/2023 - Fall - Michael Hendry

A1 - 2020/2021 - Fall - Michael Hendry