450-1: Shear strength of soils. Theory of consolidation. Problems of rate-independent and rate-dependent settlement. 450-2: Foundation engineering. Bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations.

Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of excavations, introduction of various types of shoring (wood timbers and ...

After supervising a dam project in Croatia and studying others in the U.S., he concluded that the study of soil mechanics had stagnated. “The reason for this lack of progress lies mainly in ...

Geotechnical practice employs computer programs that incorporate numerical methods to address problems of stability, settlement, deformation, and seepage. These methods are based on theoretical ...

Application of testing procedures to the evaluation of soil type and engineering properties. Testing for classification, permeability, consolidation, direct and triaxial shear and field parameters.

Scientists at EPFL's Laboratory of Soil Mechanics (LMS) have developed a number of sustainable solutions, including one that uses enzyme metabolism. Although these methods work for a wide range of ...

K. von Terzaghi, who took as his subject “Soil Mechanics: A New Chapter in Engineering Science”. Prof, von Terzaghi was born at Prague in 1883 and, after attending the Technical University of ...