2024-2025 College Catalog

CETC 1112 Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics

This course will include topics to predict and classify soil behavior. Topics to include soil origin and nature; soil density, gradation, and compaction; soil water content and reaction to frost; stress distribution in soil, soil shear strength, and pile bearing strength. Lab instruction is based on ASTM and AASHTO specification as they are used to classify and predict soil behavior.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MEGT 2080

Corequisite

None