CVEN-5708 (3) Soil Mechanics

Offers an advanced course in principles of soil mechanics. Coverage includes topics in continuum mechanics; elasticity, viscoelasticity, and plasticity theories applied to soils; the effective stress principle; consolidation; shear strength; critical state concepts; and constitutive, numerical, and centrifuge modeling. Department enforced prereq., CVEN 3718. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.