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What is Geotechnical Engineering?<br />
Geotechnical Engineering is a branch of civil engineering concerned<br />
with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical<br />
engineering is important in civil engineering, but also has applications<br />
in military, mining, petroleum, and other engineering disciplines that<br />
are concerned in construction occurring on the surface or within<br />
ground.<br />
Soil Mechanics<br />
Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied mechanics that<br />
describes the behavior of soils. It differs from fluid mechanics and solid<br />
mechanics in the sense that soils consist of a heterogeneous mixture of<br />
fluids (usually air and water) and particles (usually clay, silt, sand, and<br />
gravel) but soil may also contain organic solids and other matter.<br />
Soil mechanics is used to analyze the deformations of soil and flow of<br />
fluids within natural and man-made structures that are supported on or<br />
made of soil, or structures that are buried in soils.<br />
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