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Week - 1 |
Introduction to soil mechanics, stress concept, and engineering behavior of soils |
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Week - 2 |
Physical properties of soils, index parameters, and phase relationships |
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Week - 3 |
Effective stress principle and pore water pressure effects in soils |
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Week - 4 |
Stress distribution in soils and fundamentals of elasticity theory |
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Week - 5 |
Consolidation theory and time-dependent settlement behavior |
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Week - 6 |
Shear strength theories and Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion |
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Week - 7 |
Stress–strain relationships and elastoplastic behavior |
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Week - 8 |
Midterm Exam |
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Week - 9 |
Introduction to critical state soil mechanics |
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Week - 10 |
Cam-Clay and Modified Cam-Clay soil models |
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Week - 11 |
Hardening, softening, and loading–unloading behavior |
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Week - 12 |
Soil models used in numerical analyses and parameter selection |
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Week - 13 |
Applications of soil models in finite element analyses |
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Week - 14 |
Current research, advanced soil models, and engineering applications |
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