1. Understanding Soil Mechanics: The Foundation of Every Structure
1. SOIL: · unconsolidated material composed of solid particles, produced by disintegration of rocks. · Void space between the particles may contain air, water or both. Also, may contain organic matter. 2. SOIL MECHANICS: · Coined by Dr. Karl Terzaghi in 1925, who is also known as Father of Soil Mechanics. · According to him, it is the application of the laws of mechanics and hydraulics to engineering problems dealing with sediments and other consolidated accumulations of solid particles produced by the mechanical and chemical disintegration of rock, regardless of whether or not they contain an admixture of organic constituents. · In general, it is a branch of mechanics which deals with the action of forces on soil an...