Soil
formation and identification; index and classification properties of
soils; clay minerals; soil compaction; capillarity, swelling,
shrinkage and effective stresses; flow of water in soils;
compressibility and consolidation; stress in soils; shear strength
of cohesive and cohesionless soils; introduction to lateral earth
pressure and shallow foundation.
Prerequisite:
CE 203; Co-requisite:
CE 230