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Dec 13, 2025
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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CIEG 622 - Earth Structures Engineering (3cr.) Credit(s): 3
EARTH STRUCTURES ENGINEERING
Component: Lecture
Properties of soils and methods to determine them: water flow through inhomogeneous and anisotropic earth mass; predictions of pore-water pressures; stresses and settlement predictions; slope stability: type and causes of slope failures, effective and total stability analyses, design strength parameters and safety factors, construction considerations; design of earth dams; and predictions vs. field performance. Computer software used in problem solving.
Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG320 and CIEG323.
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