4032-CIV

🔹 Week 1: Introduction to Soil Mechanics

  • Objectives:

    • Understand the role of soil mechanics in civil engineering.

    • Identify soil as a construction material and its engineering relevance.

  • Topics Covered:

    • Origin and formation of soils.

    • Phases of soil (solid, liquid, gas).

    • Basic soil properties (void ratio, porosity, unit weight).

    • Stress in soil (total, effective, pore water pressure).

    • Soil-water relationship basics.

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