CVEN 5718 - Engineering Properties of Soils

Engineering properties of soils, including index properties, permeability, stress-strain behaviors, shear strength, compressibility, critical state soil models and their application in interpreting soil behaviors. Attention also is directed to laboratory and in situ tests to examine the validity of shear strength and compressibility theories and their application to stability and settlement analysis. Prereq: CVEN 3708, CVEN 4718, and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Semester Hours: 3 to 3