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Soil Mechanics OpenCourseWare: A Free Bachelor Level Engineering Class by MIT on Soil Mechanics

Published Feb 13, 2009

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers its 'Advanced Soil Mechanics' course as free OpenCourseWare. The original course was designed for undergraduate and graduate students in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. The course explains the structural properties of soil and their practical applications in engineering.

Soil Mechanics: Course Specifics

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Undergraduate Yes No No Yes

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Soil Mechanics: Course Description

Soil is a key component in many important civil engineering projects like dams and highways. Since soil is not man-made, unlike many of the materials that engineers use like concrete and steel, it is especially difficult to manipulate and predict. The original 'Advanced Soil Mechanics' course gives students the necessary background to engineer structures ranging from homes to skyscrapers that rely on soil for support. Graduate and undergraduate students who complete this advanced course learn to identify and analyze many different types of soil and rock, and they also explore techniques for predicting how certain soils behave when they're subjected to stress. The lecture course was taught in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at MIT by Doctor Lucy C. Jen and Professor Charles Ladd.

This OpenCourseWare includes lecture notes, a reading list and even conversion formulas. If you are interested in taking this free course, visit the mechanics of soil course page.

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