SE 246. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics (4 units)
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Description
This course covers the hydraulic and mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils. Topics include soil-air-water interactions, measurement of hydraulic properties, water flow analysis, effective stress theory, and elasto-plastic constitutive modeling. Applications to foundation engineering, slope stability, earth dams, and geoenvironmental engineering are presented. Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Prerequisite courses
SE 246 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have SE 246 as a prerequisite.