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March 4, 2015

SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGG NOTES - For APPSC AEE, RRB JE, SE & SSC JE

SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING:  Properties and classification of soil, Compaction, Permeability and Seepage, Flow nets, Inverted filters, Compressibility and consolidation.   Shearing resistance, Stresses and failure.  Soil testing in laboratories and in-situ, Earth pressure theories, Stress distribution in soils, Soil exploration, Samplers, Load tests, Penetration  tests.     Types  of  foundations,  Selection  criteria,  Bearing  capacity,  Settlement, Laboratory and field tests, Types of piles and their design and layout.  Foundations   on expansive soils, Swelling and its prevention, Foundation on swelling soils.


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