Lectures in course CIVIL-203: Soil mechanics and flow through porous media

Soil Characteristics and Classification

Covers the characteristics and classification of soils in various environments and discusses different types of soil formations.

Permeability in Heterogeneous Media

Explores permeability in heterogeneous media and its impact on flow characteristics.

Soil Mechanics: Characteristics and Classification

Explores soil characteristics, water content, density, plasticity, and classification methods in geotechnical engineering.

Soil Identification and Classification

Covers the identification and classification of soils, including basic tests and granulometric analysis.

Numerical Groundwater Flow Resolution

Explains the numerical resolution of groundwater flows using finite differences and demonstrates the method with Excel.

Site Reconnaissance in Geotechnical Engineering

Explores the significance of site reconnaissance in geotechnical engineering, emphasizing the importance of understanding the site for successful project implementation.

Numerical Groundwater Flow Resolution: Finite Elements

Covers the numerical resolution of groundwater flows using finite elements and emphasizes the importance of spatial and temporal discretization.

Site Reconnaissance in Geotechnical Engineering

Covers site reconnaissance phases, drilling methods, soil classification, monitoring, and rehabilitation in geotechnical engineering.

Hydraulic Testing in Soil Mechanics: Dupuit Theory

Explores hydraulic testing in soil mechanics, focusing on Dupuit theory and its practical implications in groundwater hydraulics.

Groundwater Flow Mechanics

Explores groundwater flow mechanics, covering natural slope movements, embankment stability, and Darcy's law.

Permeability Testing in Soil Mechanics

Covers hydraulic tests in the field and laboratory, focusing on pumping tests and permeameters to determine soil permeability.

Soil Deformation: Construction Interruptions and Settlement Assessment

Explores soil deformation, construction interruptions, settlement assessment, and overconsolidation in soil mechanics and underground flows.

States of Stress and Mechanical Behavior

Introduces states of stress, effective stress principles, consolidation equations, and compressibility of fluids and solids.

Soil Mechanics: Oedometer Testing and Soil Deformation

Explores soil mechanics, oedometer testing, and soil deformation principles, including Young's modulus and overconsolidation effects.

Nonlinear Behavior of Geomaterials

Explores the nonlinear behavior of geomaterials, limitations of simplifications, and rigid-perfectly plastic materials.

Groundwater Flow: Laplace Equation and Boundary Conditions

Explores the Laplace equation, harmonic potential, and boundary conditions in groundwater flow, with practical examples.

Soil Deformation and Settlement Calculation

Explores soil deformation, settlement calculations, stress evolution, and consolidation solutions.

Soil Mechanics: Plasticity and Failure Criteria

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

Soil Shear Resistance and Failure Criteria

Explains the Von Mises, Drucker-Prager, Mohr-Coulomb, and Cam-Clay failure criteria in soil mechanics.

Mechanical Tests in Soil Mechanics

Covers the organization and types of mechanical tests in soil mechanics, including laboratory and in situ tests.