{"id":1277,"date":"2022-01-30T08:52:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T08:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgeeks.in\/home\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2022-01-30T08:52:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T08:52:14","slug":"2k6ce-506-geotechnical-engineering-i%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itgeeks.in\/home\/?p=1277","title":{"rendered":"2K6CE 506 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING I\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MODULE I (13 hours)<\/strong>
Introduction to soil Mechanics: Formation of soils. Nature of soil and functional relationships, Introduction to soil type – single grained, honey combed and flocculent structure and their effects on the basic soil properties \u2013 Introduction to clay minerology \u2013 3-phase system – void ratio – specific gravity – dry density – porosity – water content – saturated unit weight – submerged unit weight – degree of saturation.  Laboratory and field identification of soils: determination of water content by oven drying – specific gravity using pycnometer and specific gravity bottle -grain size analysis by sieve analysis, hydrometer analysis and pipette analysis – Atterberg limits and indices – visual identification by simple field tests – field density by corecutter – sand replacement and wax coating methods. Classification of soils: necessity – principles of classification – I.S. classification – plasticity charts.
Module 11 (11hours)<\/strong>
Soil water: Occurrence – adsorbed and capillary water types – effective stress – total stress – pore pressure – pressure diagrams Permeability: Definition – Darcy’s law – factors affecting permeability – laboratory determination – stratified soils – average permeability. Seepage \u2013downward and upward flow -quick sand Shear Strength: definition – Mohr-Coulomb strength theory – Measurement of shear strength \u2013 Types of Triaxial compression tests – measurement of pore pressure – total and effective stress \u2013 Unconfined Compression test – vane shear tests \u2013Direct shear test- strength parameters – choice of test conditions for field problems.
Module I11(11 hours)<\/strong>
Compaction: definition and objectives of compaction – Proctor test and modified Proctor test – concept of Optimum Moisture Content and maximum dry density – zero air voids line -factors influencing compaction – effect of compaction on soil properties – field compaction methods – Proctor needle for field control Consolidation: definition – Compressibility – coefficient of volume change and compression index – Laboratory consolidation test – e-log p curves – pre-consolidation pressure – Terzaghi’s theory of one dimensional consolidation – Time rate of consolidation – difference between consolidation and compaction
Module IV (12 hours)<\/strong>
Stress in soil: Boussinesque’s and Westergaard’s equations for vertical loads-Pressure due to point loads and uniformly distributed loads – assumptions and limitations – pressure bulb – Newmark charts and their use – line loadsand strip loads Stability of slopes: Stability of finite slope-stability of infinite slope-Stability Number-Method of slicesThe Swedish circle method<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Books<\/strong>
1.\u00a0Das,B.M ,Advanced Soil Mechanics McGraw\u2013Hill<\/a>
2.Mitchel l,J.K, Fundamnetals of Soil Behaviour John Weily and Sons
3.Lambe ,T.Wand Whitman,R.V., Soil Mechanics John Weily and Sons<\/a>
4.Terzaghi ,K.,Peck,,R.B., and Mesri,G. Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice John Weily and Sons<\/a>
5.Shashi Gulhati and Manoj Dutta .,Geotechnical Enginering Tata Mc Graw-Hill
6.Gopal Ranjan and Rao,A.S.R,Basic and applied Soil Mechanics New Age International(P)Ltd\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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