Ground Improvement Techniques detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), R18 regulation has been taken from the JNTUHs official website and presented for the students of B.Tech Civil Engineering branch affiliated to JNTUH course structure. For Course Code, Course Titles, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the universities official website.
For all the other CIVIL 4th Year 1st Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH scheme, visit Civil Engineering 4th Year 1st Sem R18 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-3) subjects refer to Professional Elective-3 Scheme. The detail syllabus for ground improvement techniques is as follows.
Prerequisites:
Geo-Technical Engineering, Foundation Engineering
Course Objective:
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Course Outcome:
at the end of the course the student able to
- Know the necessity of ground improvement
- Understand the various ground improvement techniques available
- Select design suitable ground improvement technique for existing soil conditions in the field
Unit – I
Introduction to Engineering Ground Modification: Need and objectives, Identification of soil types, In situ and laboratory tests to characterize problematic soils; Mechanical, Hydraulic, Physico-chemical, Electrical, Thermal methods, and their applications.
Unit – II
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Unit – III
Hydraulic Modification: Objectives and techniques, traditional dewatering methods and their choice, Design of dewatering system, Electro-osmosis, Electro-kinetic dewatering-Filtration, Drainage and Seepage control with Geosynthetics, Preloading and vertical drains,
Unit – IV
Physical and Chemical Modification – Modification by admixtures, Modification Grouting, Introduction to Thermal Modification including freezing.
Unit – V
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Text Books:
- Hausmann, M. R. (1990) – Engineering Principles of Ground Modifications, McGraw Hill publications
- M. P. Moseley and K. Krisch (2006) – Ground Improvement, II Edition, Taylor and Francis REFERENCE BOOKS:
- Koerner, R. M (1994) – Designing with Geosynthetics – Prentice Hall, New Jersey
- Jones C. J. F. P. (1985) – Earth Reinforcement and soil structures – Butterworths, London.
- Xianthakos, Abreimson and Bruce – Ground Control and Improvement, John Wiley and Sons, 1994.
- K. Krisch and F. Krisch (2010) – Ground Improvement by Deep Vibratory Methods, Spon Press, Taylor and Francis
- Donald P Coduto – Foundation Design Principles and Practices, 2nd edition, Pearson, Indian edition, 2012.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of B.Tech Civil Engineering 4th Year 1st Sem , visit CIVIL 4th Year 1st Sem syllabus subjects.
For B.Tech Civil Engineering (CIVIL) 4th Year results, visit JNTUH B.Tech Civil Engineering semester results direct link.