EGR 217 - Soils in Construction

1. Describe general index properties and basic soil structure.
2. Explain moisture and its relationship to capillary flow and permeability.
3. Calculate settlement of above ground structures using compressibility principles.
4. Explain the difference between cohesive and cohesionless soils.
5. Calculate the shear strength of choesive and cohesionless soils.
6. Employ stress analysis of various soil types.
7. Analyze the stability of slopes using rotational and translational methods of analysis.
8. Design spread foundations without soil failure.
9. Relate theory and reasons for soil compaction.
10. Identify categories of soils and major soil types.
11. Identify types of rocks.
12. Explain the effects of soil on design and construction.
13. Describe soil composition (weight, volume, and mass relationships).
14. Describe soil structure and soil classification tests.
15. Describe test method used to establish soil density and field density.

1. Introduction to soils
2. Soil types and soil structure
3. Classification of soils
4. Physical and engineering properties of soils
5. Soil composition: terminology and definitions
6. Particle sizes
7. Particle arrangement
8. Aggregates
9. Soil particle size analysis
10. Bulk density, particle density and porosity of soil
11. Compaction
12. Soil survey reports
13. Soil surveys and land-use planning
14. Site investigations: purpose and methods
15. Foundations: introductory concepts
16. Foundations: design considerations and methods
17. Site improvement: earth moving, compaction and stabilization
18. Pavement structure and base
19. Asphalt pavements and materials
20. Soils and the environment
21. Soil and environment quality
22. Soil quality and pollution

• Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning
• Technological Competence

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