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AF1758 Soil Mechanics 7.5 credits

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Information for Autumn 2025 Start 27 Oct 2025 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
27 Oct 2025 - 12 Jan 2026
Periods
P2 (7.5 hp)
Pace of study

50%

Application code

50080

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus AF1758 (Autumn 2025–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus AF1758 (Autumn 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • Geotechnical investigation and sampling methods
  • Stresses and settlements in soil
  • Soil pressure and slope stability
  • Ground reinforcement and foundations
  • Soil water and groundwater
  • Water requirements of a community
  • Sustainability issues relevant to geotechnical engineering

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the students should be able to:

  • explain the impact of geotechnical and hydrogeological processes on the landscape
  • interpret geological and geotechnical data
  • perform and present basic geotechnical calculations
  • account for the occurrence and flow of water in the soil
  • calculate the total water demand and the runoff of waste and storm water based on given conditions.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Completed courses: AF1763, AF1734

Course registration: AF1737, AF1744, AF1745

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • INL1 - Hand-in-exercise, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • TENA - Written exam, 6.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Examiner

Profile picture Annika Gram

Profile picture Åsa Laurell Lyne

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ABE/Constructional Engineering and Design

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle