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Geotechnical Engineering

How the ground behaves as an engineering material. Unlike steel or concrete, soil is natural and variable: made of particles, water and air, shaped by its geological and stress history, and governed by drainage and time. The ground can control a structure that is otherwise perfectly adequate.

2 courses

Foundational

Soil Mechanics

How soil, water and loading interact: description and classification, phase relationships, water flow, effective stress, consolidation, shear strength and an introduction to critical state.

Before this: Basic statics

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Advanced

Foundation Engineering

Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, and the behaviour of piles: load transfer, capacity in clay and sand, groups, downdrag and lateral load.

Before this: Soil Mechanics

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Planned

Not written yet. These are named so you can see where the discipline is going, not offered as something to start.

Ground Investigation and Ground CharacterisationIntermediate
Retaining Structures and ExcavationsAdvanced
Slope StabilityAdvanced

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