Lectures related to States of Stress and Mechanical Behavior

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

Soil Shear Resistance and Failure Criteria

Explains the Von Mises, Drucker-Prager, Mohr-Coulomb, and Cam-Clay 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.

Geomechanics: Basic Concepts

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

Soil Mechanics: Plasticity and Failure Criteria

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

Settlement of Shallow Foundations

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

Soil Deformation: Construction Interruptions and Settlement Assessment

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

Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Geomaterials: Applications and Modeling

Covers the thermo-mechanical behavior of geomaterials and its applications in engineering, emphasizing the impact of temperature on geomechanical properties and modeling.

Critical State Concept

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

Rankine Method: Soil Pressure Calculations

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

Slope Stability: Limit Equilibrium - Kerisel Chart

Explores slope stability analysis using the limit equilibrium method and the Kerisel Chart for determining critical slip surfaces and factors of safety.

Geotechnical Foundations: Settlement and Consolidation

Explores geotechnical foundations, settlement, and consolidation, covering limit states, differential settlements, dissipation of overpressures, and non-linear soil behavior.

Mechanical Tests in Soil Mechanics

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

Settlement of Piles

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

Primary Consolidation - Pore Pressure Dissipation - Delayed Settlements

Explores primary consolidation, pore pressure dissipation, and delayed settlements in shallow foundations.

Soil Deformation and Settlement Calculation

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

Soil Mechanics: Oedometer Testing and Soil Deformation

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

Retaining Walls: Design and Stability

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

Geotechnical Works: Static Loading Test and Pile Foundations

Explores static loading tests, pile foundations, failure mechanisms, and bearing capacity verification in geotechnical works.

Pile Groups: Bearing Capacity

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