Soil Mechanics and Foundation

This course is the first phase of the study of behavior and especialyy soil mass that are either directly soil structures or the environment in which the construction activities are conducted. Also can be a newly constructed building structures in direct contact. The introduction is devoted to properties of soils and their behavior in real conditions and under the influence of their own or external load. The theoretical part of the course and the grading system for rocks and soils (foundation soil in general) are linked into a common application solutions to geotechnical engineering, including earth pressures, filters, drainage pits, problems in the consolidation of soils, methods of treatment of soil properties and soil compaction, modeling in geotechnical, slope stability and slope failure remediation. The second phase addresses the issue of designing methods of foundation design and assessment.