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CVL222

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CVL222
Soil Mechanics
Credits 3
Structure 3-0-0
Pre-requisites
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CVL222 : Soil Mechanics

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Origin and Classification of Soils; Phase Relationships; Effective Stress Principle; Effective Stress Under Hydrostatic and 1D flow; Permeability; Flow Through Soils–Laplace equation, flownets, seepage; Contaminant Transport; Compressibility; Consolidation; Terzaghi's 1D Consolidation Theory; Shear Strength; Drainage Conditions; Pore Water Pressure; Mohr's Circle; Failure Envelope and Strength Parameters; Factors Affecting Shear Strength; Critical State frame work; Behaviour of soils under cyclic loading, Liquefaction,; Compaction; Engineering properties of Natural soils, Compacted Soils and modified soils; Site Investigations; Soil deposits of India. CVp222 Soil Mechanics Lab 1 Credit (0-0-2) Pre-requisite(s):