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2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

CEN 552 - Advanced Soil Mechanics

3 credits
Prerequisites: CEN 305 and 315, or equivalent
Behavior of cohesionless and cohesive soils; limit analysis; failure theories and lateral earth pressures; stresses within earth mass; steady- state flow through porous media; consolidation and time rate settlement; shear strength of cohesive soils. Note: Some graduate courses may be open to undergraduates. Please consult your department chairperson. See the Graduate Catalogue for graduate general and program requirements.