• Settlements of clay. Theory of consolidation. Drainage, normally consolidated and overconsolidated clay. Calculation of total settlements. Time rate of consolidation.
• Shear strength of soil. Types of laboratory testing. Mohr- Coulomb failure criterion. Stresses , displacements and shear strength of granular an cohesive soils. Soil shear strength of saturated drained and undrained soils .
• Lateral earth pressure. Active and passive pressure. Methods of calculation (Rankine, Coulomb)
• Slope stability. Infinite slopes. Finite slopes. Taylor’s method. Stability analysis by method of slices for steady-state seepage.