Course Title Soil Mechanics

Course Unit Code CEE 251

Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Level of Course Unit 1st cycle
Year of Study 2nd
Semester when the Course Unit is Delivered Winter
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated 5
Name of Lecturer(s) Panos Papanastasiou
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit The students should be able to:
1. Classify the soils in sands and clays
according to the physical characteristics
2. To determine the stresses and pore pressure
in the soil due to overburden and surface
loads
3. Understand the concept of effective stresses
and their role in deformation and failure in
soils
4. Understand the similarities in the mechanical
behavior of loose sands and normally
consolidated sands and their differences from
dense sands and overconsolidated clays
5. Determine the strength and failure in soil
6. Understand basic concepts of seepage and
permeability of soils
Prerequisites N/A
Co-requisites Laboratory Soil Mechanics (CEE 253)
Course Contents 1. Soil Mechanics as a discipline of Civil
Engineering
2. Soil Formation nature
3. Soil description and classification
4. Permeability and seepage
5. Effective stress and pore pressure
6. Contact stress and stress distribution
7. Compressibility and consolidation
8. Shear strength
9. Earthworks and soil compaction
10. Site investigation

Required Reading Soil Mechanics: Principle and Practice, G.E.

Barnes, Greek translation, Klidarithmos, 2005,
ISBN: 960-209-883-X
Recommended Reading
Planned Learning Activities
Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
1. Soil Mechanics, Lecture Notes , M. Kavadas,
NTUA 2004, http://users.civil.ntua.gr/
kavvadas/Books/ books.htm
2. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Braja
Das, ISBN: 053438742X
3. Soil mechanics in engineering practice,
Terzaghi, Karl, 0471086584, 000209631
4. Advanced soil mechanics, Das Braja M.,
1560325615, 000232037.
5. Soil Mechanics, concepts and applications,
Powrie, W., 041531156x, 000232040.
6. Soil behaviour and critical state soil
mechanics, Wood, D.M., 0521337828,
000228833.
7. Soil Mechanics, Craig, R.F. 0419224505,
000181602
8. Soil mechanics, laboratory manual, Das Braja
Μ, 0195150465, 000229259
Practical Exercises and Assignments
9. Essentials
Lectures of soil mechanics and foundations,
(3 hours/week)
basic geotechnics, McCarthy, 0130303836
Final exam, midterm
10. Foundation exam,
analysis andhomework
design Bowles,
Greek
Joseph, 0071188444 000228820
N/A
11. Soils and foundations, Liu, Cheng
0130482196 000227334
12. Soil mechanics and foundations, Budhu, Muni
047125231X 000209635
13. Foundation Design: principles and practices,
Coduto, Donald 0135897068