| Module code | SGM 311 |
| Qualification | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
| Module content | Introduction to soil mechanics. Introduction to clay mineralogy. Mass, volume relationships and phases of soil. Groundwater flow and permeability. Effective stress principles. Suction pressures in saturated as well as partially saturated soil. The Mohr circle and stresses at a point. The Mohr-Coulomb strength theory and the stress-strain properties of soil. The Boussinesq theory. Consolidation theory and soil settlement. |
| Module credits | 16.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Service modules | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
| Prerequisites | (SWK 210) |
| Contact time | 3 lectures per week, 2 practicals per week, 1 tutorial per week |
| Language of tuition | Both Afr and Eng |
| Academic organisation | Civil Eng |
| Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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