University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

CVEN-7718 (3) Engineering Properties of Soils

Considers constitutive behavior of cohesive and cohesionless soils including stress-strain, strength, pore water pressure, and volume change behavior under drained and undrained loading conditions. Also includes linear and nonlinear analysis techniquesand determination of constitutive properties in the laboratory. Department enforced prereq., CVEN 5708 or instructor consent required.