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Muni Budhu
Introduction to soil mechanics and foundations -- Geological characteristics of soils and particle sizes of soils -- Soils investigation -- Physical soil parameters and soil classification -- Soil compaction -- One-dimensional flow of water through soils -- Stresses, strains, and elastic deformations of soils -- Stress path -- One-dimensional consolidation settlement of fine-grained soils -- Shear strength of soils -- A critical state model to interpret soil behavior -- Bearing capacity of soils and settlement of shallow foundations -- Pile foundations -- Two-dimensional flow of water through soils -- Stability of earth retaining structures -- Slope stability