Lectures related to Soil physics

Explores settlement of shallow foundations, including types, causes, differential settlements, consolidation phenomena, and estimation methods.

Covers the definitions and basic properties of soil.

Explains the Rankine method for calculating soil pressures in geotechnical engineering.

Explores soil mechanics, plasticity, failure criteria, and soil behavior models.

Explores the critical state concept in geomechanics, focusing on unsaturated soils and Terzaghi's effective stress validity.

Explains hydraulic head determination using piezometers and tensiometers in saturated and unsaturated zones.

Explores pile foundations design, construction, factors influencing bearing capacity, and static loading tests.