About This Course

Every man-made structure is constructed on or within soils. Correct knowledge of soil behavior is fundamentally important for safeguarding the integrity and safety of the structure. The objective of this course is to introduce the basic concepts and fundamental principles of soil mechanics and provide analytical methods for design and evaluation of geotechnical structures such as foundations, slopes and retaining walls.

Requirements

Physics, hydraulics and mechanics of materials are required to take this course.

Lecturer

	Rui Chen Chang’an University School of Highway   Rui Chen is now Associate Professor of School of Highway at Chang’an University. He received his Ph.D. of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from University of Arizona in 2014, and started teaching at Chang’an University since 2015. His research interests include ground improvement, and mechanical behaviors of special soils (e.g. mine tailings, soft soil, saline soil and loess, etc.). He teaches several courses including soil mechanics, foundation engineering, mechanics of materials, etc.
	Yao Li Chang’an University School of Highway   Yao Li is Associate Professor of School of Highway at Chang’an University. He received his Ph.D. of Geotechnical Engineering from University of Nottingham in 2016, and started teaching at Chang’an University since 2017. His research interests include soil dynamics and tunneling in loess ground. He has been teaching tunneling engineering for 3 years. He receives fundings from the National Science Foundation of China and National Science Foundation of Shannxi Province, and publishes 7 SCI-index journal papers.
	Yanhua Liu Chang’an University School of Highway   Yanhua Liu is Associate Professor of School of Highway at Chang’an University. She received her Ph.D. of Geotechnical Engineering from Tongji University, and she was a visiting scholar of University of Newcastle. She started teaching at Chang’an University since 2012. Her research interests include constitutive modeling and mechanical behavior of special soils. She has been teaching soil mechanics for 8 years.
	Peijie Yin Chang’an University School of Highway   Peijie Yin is Lecturer of School of Highway at Chang’an University. He received his Ph.D. of Geotechnical Engineering from University of New South Wales in 2016. He started teaching at Chang’an University since 2016. He has been teaching soil mechanics, foundation engineering using bilingual language for 4 years.
	Lili Xiao Chang’an University School of Highway   Lili Xiao is Lecturer of School of Highway at Chang’an University. She received her Ph.D. of Geotechnical Engineering from China University of Geosciences in 2015, and she was a visiting scholar of University of California Santa Cruz. She started teaching at Chang’an University since 2015. Her research interests include modeling landslide and stability analysis of highway slope. She has been teaching soil mechanics for 3 years.