Unsaturated Soils

Toker N. K.

  • Dersin Düzeyi: Yüksek Lisans
  • Tasarlanan Ders Kodu: CE5604
  • Öğretim Türü: Örgün Öğretim (Normal Öğretim)
  • Dersin Kapsamı: Teorik
  • Akademik Yıl: 2007 - 2008
  • Ders İçeriği:

    Interfacial tension, cavitation, capillarity. Soil suction, water retention and drainage of porous media. Micromechanics/microhydraulics of unsaturated soil. Testing of unsaturated soils: suction measurement and control, volume measurement. Flow and balance laws, hydraulic conductivity function, 1-D flow, infiltration and evaporation. Shear strength; effective stress and independent state variables approaches. Deformation and consolidation; expansive and collapsing of soils. Constitutive modeling.