| 1. Groundwater flow
Flow nets, anisotropic soils, discharge, pore water pressure, seepage forces.
2. Bearing capacity
Theories and computation methods, factors influencing bearing capacity.
3. Earth pressures
Active and passive conditions, methods to compute and factors influencing earth pressures.
4. Slope stability
Methods of analysis, homogeneous and layered soils, effect of groundwater flow, the friction circle method, methods of slices., compaction energy, methods for soil compaction
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