GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING- I

CELTP-310
UNIT 1 Preview of geotechnical problems in civil engineering.
Engineering Geology of soils and their formation. Soil classification,
Description of soils and Index properties. (8)
UNIT 2 Stress within a soil, effective stress principle. Soil water
systems capillarity, flow, Darcys law, permeability and tests for its
determination different heads, factors affecting permeability, piping,
quicksand condition, seepage nets, flow through dams, filters. (10)
UNIT 4 Compaction characterizes water content dry unit weight
relationship OMC, max dry unit weight field compaction control, etc.
Compressibility and consolidation characteristics, maximum past stress,
OCR, Spring theory, Terghazis theory of consolidation, determination of
coefficients of consolidation and secondary compression (creep),
consolidation under construction loading. (8)
UNIT 3 Mohr failure theory, Mohr-Coulomb strength criterion, Drained
and undrained consolidated tests, Direct shear test, tri-axial shear test
and vane shear test. Strength of loose and dense sands, pore pressures.
Introduction to Geo-synthetics. (8)
UNIT 5 Stability of slopes, limit equilibrium methods of slices and
simplified Bishop Method, factor of safety. (6)

References:
1. Alam Singh- Modern Geotechnical Engineering.
2. C. Venkatramaiah- Geotechnical Engineering.
3. Dr. K.R. Arora : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
4. G.V. Rao & G.V.S.S. Raju- Engineering with Geosynthetics.
5. S.K. Garg : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
6. I.S for Triaxial Test.