102583 - Soil Stabilization and Reinforcement
Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisite

102331

Co-requisite

_

Distribution

3+0

This course will introduce the concepts and principles of soil stabilization and soil improvement that represent the current state of practice. The course covers clay mineralogy, mechanical stabilization, stabilization with additives (lime, cement, asphalt, etc), collapsible soils and their stabilization, swelling- shrinking soils, foundation heave prediction and method of soil treatments, preloading and methods of stabilizing highly compressible soils, vertical sand drains, reinforced earth and reinforced earth retaining walls, thermal stabilization, electro kinetic processes and their use in soil remediation and improvement.