SUBJECT: SOIL MECHANICS-II

SUBJECT CODE: CEng-3133

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING KIOT
 COURSE OUTLINE
CHAPTER-I-SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS
1.1. Shear resistance of soils.
1.2. Stress at a point and Mohr stress circle.
1.3. Shear characteristics of soils.
1.4. Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria.
1.5. Shear tests.
CHAPTER-II-CONTACT PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION
2.1. Theoretical and approximate contact pressure distribution.
CHAPTER-III-BEARING CAPACITY OF SOILS
3.1. General determination of bearing capacity of soils using different methods.

CHAPTER-IV-LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE

4.1. Lateral earth pressure problems.
4.2. Earth pressure theories.

CHAPTER-V-SLOPE STABILITY PROBLEMS

5.1. Slope movements.
5.2. Slope stability analysis.

CHAPTER-VI-LABORATORY TESTS
6.1. Direct shear test.
6.2. Triaxial compression test.
6.3. Unconfined compression test.
CHAPTER-I-SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS:
INTRODUCTION
‘Shearing strength’ may be defined as the resistance to shearing stresses and a consequent
tendency for shear deformation.
One of the most important and the most controversial engineering properties of soil is its shear
strength or ability to resist sliding along internal surfaces within a soil mass.
The stability of a cut, the slope of an earth dam, the foundations of structures, the natural slopes
of hillsides and other structures built on soil depend up on the shearing resistance offered by the
soil along the probable surfaces of slippage.
There is hardly a problem in the field of engineering which does not involve the shear properties
of the soil in some manner or the other.