CIVE 331 INTRODUCTION TO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (4 credits)
Soil composition, structure and phase relationships; soil classification. Principles of effective stress; loading induced subsurface stresses; load history; deformation and failure of soils. Elastic and limit analysis with applications to design for bearing capacity, settlement, retaining walls and slope stability. Steady state seepage.
Prerequisite(s): MECH 325 (C or better); Prerequisite or Corequisite: CIVE 310