<p>Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Requisite: course 108. Soil as foundation for structures and as material of construction. Soil formation, classification, physical and mechanical properties, soil compaction, earth pressures, consolidation, and shear strength. Letter grading.</p>

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Principles of Soil Mechanics

C&EE 120

4 units