CE 206	GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING - I	3-0-0-6
Syllabus: Origin of soils, Phase relationships, Identification and classification of soils, Compaction of soils, Effective stress principle, Permeability of soils, Seepage and flownets, Compressibility of soils, Terzaghi's one-dimensional consolidation theory, Shear strength of soils, Effective stress and total stress strength parameters, Total and effective stress paths Texts: 1. R. D. Holtz, W. D. Kovacs and T. C. Shehan, An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, 2013 2. M. Budhu, Soil Mechanics and Foundations, John Wiley & Sons, 2016 3. J. Knappett, and R.F. Craig, Soil Mechanics, 2012 References: 1. K. Terzaghi, R. B. Peck and G. Mesri, Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice, John Wiley & Sons, 1996 2. T.W. Lambe and R.V. Whitman, Soil Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons, 1969 3. J. K. Mitchell, and J. Soga, Fundamentals of soil behavior, John Wiley & Sons, 2005