12-636 Geotechnical Engineering

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Behavior of geotechnical structures engineering design of geotechnical structures considering failure modes uncertainties economic issues, required design formats and relevant code provisions performance requirements for foundations, subsurface investigations allowable stress and LRFD design approaches reliabilitybased design shallow foundations deep foundations retaining structures reinforced concrete foundations.

Prerequisites: 12-335

Offered: Spring 2027

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