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.