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Introduction: General Soil Mechanics
What is soil mechanics,
What are the key topics covered i...,
Why are soil studies important
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Introduction: Soil Types and Properties
What are the main soil types base...,
What are the key physical propert...,
What is permeability
4
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Introduction: Soil Stress and Load Behavior
What is soil consolidation,
What are the two types of settlement,
What is bearing capacity in soil ...
6
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Introduction: Failure Mechanisms
What are common soil failure mech...,
What is internal erosion,
What is negative lateral friction...
3
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Introduction: Climate Change and Soil Behavior
How does climate change impact so...,
What happened in the wilnis 2003 ...
2
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Introduction: Case Studies
What caused the weesp train disas...,
Why does the tower of pisa lean,
Why was mexico city airport built...
3
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Introduction: Formulas
What is the formula for groundwat...,
How do you calculate the void ratio,
How do you calculate the porosity...
4
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Introduction: Excercises
A soil sample has a void ratio of...,
A fully saturated soil has a volu...,
A soil sample with an initial wet...
3
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Soil Tests: General Soil Research
Q what is the purpose of soil res...,
Q what are the two primary types ...,
Q what is the key difference betw...
5
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Soil Tests: Soil Sampling
Q why is soil sampling important ...,
Q where should soil samples be ta...,
Q what factors determine soil sam...
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Soil Tests: Soil Classification & Properties
What are the primary soil classif...,
What is the unified soil classifi...,
What is the plasticity index pi
6
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Soil Tests: Soil Testing – Laboratory Tests
What are common laboratory tests ...,
What is a sieve analysis,
What is the coefficient of unifor...
6
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Soil Tests: Soil Testing – Field Tests
What are common field soil tests,
What is the plate load test ev1 e...,
What is the triaxial test
5
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Soil Tests: Case Studies
What are the key challenges of ro...,
What strategies help mitigate soi...
3
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Ground Water Level: General Groundwater Concepts
What is groundwater,
What is hydrostatic pressure,
Why does freshwater float on salt...
5
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Ground Water Level: Groundwater Levels and Drainage
What is the phreatic level,
What is the capillary fringe,
What factors affect groundwater s...
5
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Ground Water Level: Measuring Groundwater Levels
What instrument is used to measur...,
What is the formula for hydrostat...
5
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Ground Water Level: Overpressured & Underpressured Groundwater
What is overpressured groundwater,
What is underpressured groundwater,
How can overpressure or underpres...
3
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Ground Water Level: Darcy’s Law and Permeability
What is darcy s law,
How is permeability k determined,
What is the typical permeability ...
3
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Ground Water Level: Groundwater Flow & Seepage
What is groundwater flow,
What are flow lines,
What is the role of sheet piles i...
3
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Ground Water Level: Drainage Systems
What is open drainage,
What is source drainage,
What is horizontal drainage
7
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Ground Water Level: Case Studies
What happened at city park in ant...,
What happened at the a7 near the ...
2
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Grain, Soil and Water Pressure: General Soil Stresses
What are the three main stresses ...,
What is the fundamental equation ...
2
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Grain, Soil and Water Pressure: Effective Stress & Vertical Soil Stress
What is effective stress in soil ...,
Why is effective stress important,
What is the formula for vertical ...
5
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Grain, Soil and Water Pressure: Water Stress (Pore Water Pressure)
What is pore water pressure u or w,
What happens when pore water pres...,
What is hydrostatic water pressure
3
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Grain, Soil and Water Pressure: Soil Conditions with and without Groundwater
What is the effective stress impa...,
What is the effective stress impa...,
How is effective stress calculate...
4
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Grain, Soil and Water Pressure: Overpressured & Underpressured Groundwater
What is overpressured groundwater...,
What is underpressured groundwater,
What happens when groundwater pre...
3
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Grain, Soil and Water Pressure: Testing Risk of Bursting
How is the risk of bursting asses...,
Q what is the failure mechanism f...
2
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Grain, Soil and Water Pressure: Capillarity & Suction Pressure
What is capillary action in soil,
Q how does capillary action vary ...,
Q what happens to effective stres...
4
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Grain, Soil and Water Pressure: Practical Applications & Case Studies
How does adding top loads affect ...,
What happens when container stack...,
Why is monitoring well height imp...
3
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Grain, Soil and Water Pressure: Key Formulas
What is the formula for total soi...,
Q what is the formula for pore wa...,
Q what is the formula for effecti...
4
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Consolidation: General Settlement & Consolidation
Q what is settlement in soil mech...,
Q what are the two main types of ...,
Q why is settlement important in ...
4
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Consolidation: Primary (Direct) Consolidation
What is primary consolidation,
What is the terzaghi consolidatio...,
How does hydrodynamic pressure af...
4
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Consolidation: Secondary (Long-Term) Consolidation
What is secondary settlement buis...,
What is the buisman equation for ...,
In which soils is secondary settl...
4
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Consolidation: Combined Settlement (Koppejan Model)
What is the koppejan model for co...,
Why is the koppejan model used in...
2
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Consolidation: Groundwater and Consolidation
What is the relationship between ...,
What happens when groundwater is ...,
What are the consequences of grou...
3
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Consolidation: Settlement Calculations
How do you calculate settlement f...,
Why do smaller calculation steps ...,
How does settlement change in the...
3
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Consolidation: Case Studies & Practical Applications
What was the impact of settlement...,
What is the tilting dike method u...,
Why are deep foundations needed i...
3
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Consolidation: Key Formulas
What is the terzaghi consolidatio...,
What is the buisman equation for ...,
What is the koppejan settlement e...
3
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Bearing Capacity Flood- Proof and Frost Proof: Bearing Capacity & Soil Improvement
What is bearing capacity,
What are the main methods to enha...,
How does compaction improve soil ...
4
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Bearing Capacity Flood- Proof and Frost Proof: Soil Stabilization Methods
What are the effects of applying ...,
What is the odemark formula used for,
What is the role of geogrids and ...
7
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Bearing Capacity Flood- Proof and Frost Proof: Flood-Proof Infrastructure
What is flood proof infrastructure,
How can roads be made flood resis...,
Why is it important to avoid mixi...
5
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Bearing Capacity Flood- Proof and Frost Proof: Frost and Thaw Effects
What is frost heave,
How does thawing affect soil stab...,
What is the frost depth equation
5
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Bearing Capacity Flood- Proof and Frost Proof: Infrastructure on Weak Soils
Why is infrastructure on weak soi...,
What are solutions for building o...,
What are the advantages of eps ex...
3
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Bearing Capacity Flood- Proof and Frost Proof: Case Studies
What were the key challenges in p...,
What were the lessons from the ta...
2
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Bearing Capacity Flood- Proof and Frost Proof: Key Formulas
What is the odemark formula for d...,
What is the frost penetration equ...
2
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Geology: General Geology
What is geology,
Why is geology important for civi...,
What are the main disciplines of ...
3
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Geology: Geological Eras & Earth’s History
How old is the earth,
What evidence supports earth s age,
What is plate tectonics
4
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Geology: Geological Processes
What are the main geological proc...,
What causes earth sliding landslides
2
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Geology: Volcanoes & Tsunamis
What was the impact of the krakat...,
What happened during the laki eru...,
How do volcanoes cause tsunamis
3
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Geology: Earthquakes
What is an earthquake,
What factors affect earthquake da...,
What is the equation for seismic ...
3
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Geology: Erosion & Sedimentation
What are the main types of erosion,
What is the impact of sedimentation
2
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Geology: Geology & Industry
How has geology influenced energy...,
Why was natural gas extraction st...,
What geological resources are nee...
3
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Geology: Civil Engineering Applications
Why is geology important for tunn...,
What are the main challenges of b...,
What are zinktunnels
3
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Geology: Nuclear Waste & Groundwater
Why is nuclear waste stored 5 km ...,
Where does drinking water come from,
How does groundwater over extract...
3
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Geology: Geology of the Netherlands
What are the geological character...,
Why is sand essential for dutch i...
2
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Geology: Exam & Project Questions
What is the chicxulub crater and ...,
What are the five steps to purify...
2
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