Aims

To provide to future architects and civil engineers fundamentals of soil physics and of soil mechanical behavior

Main themes

Soil physics, classification and behavior

Content and teaching methods

- Definitions, chemical and physical properties, grain size analysis, phase relations, consistency indices and Atterberg limits, classification
- Effective stress concept, effect of water at rest and of water seepage, permeability
- Mechanical characteristics, stress-strain relation, shear strength
- Water seepage through soils : fundamentals, Laplace equation, boundary conditions, flow net determination, , drainage, geotextiles

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Pedagogy : lectures, elementary exercises
Examination : written (exercise), oral (theory)