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GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

CIE 2221

Syllabus

  • 01Introduction
  • 02Soil structure
  • 03Clay minerals
  • 04Index properties of soil
  • 05Total
  • 06effective and neutral stresses
  • 07Flow through soil
  • 08Seepage through soils
  • 09Compaction of soil
  • 10Stress distribution in soil
  • 11consolidation of soil
  • 12Shear strength of soil - Direct shear
  • 13Triaxial
  • 14Unconfined compression and vane shear tests
  • 15Drained, undrained and consolidated undrained tests and their applications

References

  • Bowles J.E., Foundation Analysis and Design, (4e), McGraw-Hills Book Company, 1998.
  • Punmia B.C., Jain AK and Jain AK ., Soil Mechanics and Foundations, (17e), Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2017
  • Arora K.R., Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, (7e), Standard, Publishers and Distributors, 2011.
  • Murthy V.N.S., A Text Book of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, CBS Publishers & Distributors-New Delhi, 2008
  • Gopal Ranjan and. Rao A.S.R., Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics, New Age International Pvt. Limited, Publishers, 2016
Credits Structure
3Lecture
0Tutorial
0Practical
3Total