Ground Improvement Techniques detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 8th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 8th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of ground improvement techniques is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Problematic Soil and Improvement Techniques
Role of ground improvement in foundation engineering – Methods of ground improvement -Geotechnical problems in alluvial, lateritic and black cotton soils – Selection of suitable ground improvement techniques based on soil conditions.
Unit II
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Unit III
Insitu Treatment of Cohesionless and Cohesive Soils
Insitu densification of cohesionless soils – Dynamic compaction – Vibroflotation, Sand compaction piles and deep compaction. Consolidation of cohesionless soils – Preloading with sand drains, and fabric drains, Stabilization of soft clay ground using stone columns and Lime piles-Installation techniques – Simple design – Relative merits of above methods and their limitations. separation, road works and containment applications
Unit IV
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Unit V
Grouting Techniques
Types of grouts – Grouting equipments and machinery – Injection methods – Grout monitoring Stabilization with cement, lime and chemicals – Stabilization of expansive soil.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Purushothama Raj. P, “Ground Improvement Techniques”, Firewall Media, 2005.
- Bikash Chandra chattopadhyay and Joyanta Maity, ” Ground Improvement Techniques”, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2017
References:
- Koerner, R.M. “Construction and Geotechnical Methods in Foundation Engineering”, McGraw Hill, 1994.
- Moseley, M.P., “Ground Improvement Blockie Academic and Professional”, Chapman and Hall, Glasgow, 2004.
- Winterkorn, H.F. and Fang, H.Y. “Foundation Engineering Hand Book”. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994.
- Koerner, R.M., “Designing with Geosynthetics” (Fourth Edition), Prentice Hall, Jersey, 2012.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Civil Engineering 8th Sem, visit Civil 8th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
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