Lectures related to Mechanical Tests in Soil Mechanics

Soil Mechanics: Characteristics and Classification

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

Soil Shear Resistance and Failure Criteria

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

Retaining Structures: Geomechanics

Explores the design and analysis of retaining structures, lateral earth pressure, and unsaturated soils.

Soil Mechanics: Plasticity and Failure Criteria

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

Geotechnical Studies: Preliminary Investigations

Explores the significance of preliminary geotechnical studies and the tools used for data collection.

Slope Stability Analysis: Methods and Software

Covers slope stability analysis methods, including Bishop, Janbu, and Morgenstern-Price methods, and introduces the finite element method for analyzing soil structures.

Modified Cam Clay Model

Covers the Modified Cam Clay Model, stress paths, pore pressure, settlements, and applications in geotechnical problems.

Rankine Method: Soil Pressure Calculations

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

Limit Analysis & Failure Calculations

Discusses limit analysis, failure calculations, and failure criteria in soil mechanics.

Critical State Concept: Unsaturated Soils

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

Unsaturated Soils: Water Retention and Mechanical Behavior

Explores unsaturated soil behavior, emphasizing water retention and mechanical properties.

Landslide Hazard: A Resilient Future

Discusses landslide hazard, factors influencing landslides, classification, impact, and risk reduction.

Pile Groups: Bearing Capacity

Explores pile groups' bearing capacity in various soils and their design considerations.

Permeability and Direct Shear: TP2

Covers the principles and procedures of variable load permeability testing.

Geotechnical Engineering: Projects and Case Studies

Explores geotechnical engineering projects, case studies, and factors influencing project outcomes.

Geomechanics: Basic Concepts

Introduces basic concepts of geomechanics, stress paths, effective stress, and shear strength analysis through laboratory testing.

Critical State Concept

Explores the critical state concept in geomechanics, covering stress paths, shear strength, and soil behavior under different stress conditions.

Retaining Walls: Design and Stability

Explores the design and stability of various types of retaining walls in geotechnical engineering.

Settlement of Piles

Discusses soil bearing capacity, pile settlement methods, and Mindlin's formulas integration.

Geotechnical Investigations and Tests

Covers the importance of geotechnical investigations and in-situ tests using various maps and preliminary studies.