Soil Mechanics detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2017 regulation is taken from Anna University official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (CE8491), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
For all other civil 4th sem syllabus for be 2017 regulation anna univ you can visit Civil 4th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 regulation Anna Univ Subjects. The detail syllabus for soil mechanics is as follows.”
Course Objective:
- To impart knowledge to classify the soil based on index properties and to assess their engineering properties based on the classification. To familiarize the students about the fundamental concepts of compaction, flow through soil, stress transformation, stress distribution, consolidation and shear strength of soils. To impart knowledge of design of both finite and infinite slopes.
Unit I
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Unit II
Effective Stress and Permeability
Soil – water – Static pressure in water – Effective stress concepts in soils – Capillary phenomena-
– Permeability – Darcys law – Determination of Permeability – Laboratory Determination (Constant head and falling head methods) and field measurement pumping out in unconfined and confined aquifer – Factors influencing permeability of soils – Seepage – Two dimensional flow -Laplaces equation – Introduction to flow nets – Simple problems Sheet pile and wier.
Unit III
Stress Distribution and Settlement
Stress distribution in homogeneous and isotropic medium – Boussines of theory – (Point load, Line load and udl) Use of Newmarks influence chart -Components of settlement – Immediate and consolidation settlement – Factors influencing settlement – Terzaghis one dimensional consolidation theory – Computation of rate of settlement. – and log t methods. e-log p relationship consolidation settlement N-C clays – O.C clays – Computation.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Slope Stability
Infinite slopes and finite slopes Friction circle method – Use of stability number -Guidelines for location of critical slope surface in cohesive and c – e soil – Slope protection measures.
Course Outcome:
Students will be able to
- classify the soil and assess the engineering properties, based on index properties.
- Understand the stress concepts in soils
- Understand and identify the settlement in soils.
- Determine the shear strength of soil
- Analyze both finite and infinite slopes.
Text Books:
- Murthy, V.N.S., Text book of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, CBS Publishers Distribution Ltd., New Delhi. 2014
- Arora, K.R., Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Standard Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 7th Edition, 2017(Reprint).
- Gopal Ranjan, A S R Rao, Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics New Age International Publication, 3rd Edition, 2016.
- Punmia, B.C., Soil Mechanics and Foundations, Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 16th Edition, 2017.
References:
- McCarthy, D.F., Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations: Basic Geotechnics. Prentice-Hall, 2006.
- Coduto, D.P., Geotechnical Engineering – Principles and Practices, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2010.
- Braja M Das, Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Cengage Learning India Private Limited, 8th Edition, 2014.
- Palanikumar.M., Soil Mechanics, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, Learning Private Limited Delhi, 2013.
- Craig.R.F., Soil Mechanics, E and FN Spon, London and New York, 2012.
- Purushothama Raj. P., Soil Mechanics and Foundations Engineering,2nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2013.
- Venkatramaiah.C., Geotechnical Engineering, New Age International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2017
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Civil, 2017 regulation do visit Civil 4th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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