Earth and Rock fill Dams and Slope Stability Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech third year second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Earth and Rock fill Dams and Slope Stability B.Tech 2016-2017 (R16) third year second sem is as follows.
B.Tech. III Year II Sem. L/T/P/C
Course Code:CE614PE 3/0/0/3
Course Objectives:
- Have an understanding of seismic design concepts and current practices for earth dams and other similar structures to enable them to plan and direct the construction activity appropriately.
- Understand the soil dynamic testing procedure and methodology of seismic design to be able to execute a proper design.
- Have a clear understanding of design methodology and the interpretation in the seismic codes.
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the behaviour of natural and engineered soil / rock slopes under various weather and engineering conditions.
- Explain the factors that may affect the stability of slopes.
- Select an appropriate slope stability analysis method subject to geometry of slope, material properties, and uncertainty of observations.
- Assess the potential landslide risk of slopes.
UNIT – I: Earth and Rockfill Dams: General features, Selection of site; Merits and demerits of the
earth and rock fill dams, Classification of earth dams, Causes of failure, Safe design criteria. Instrumentation in earth dams: Pore pressure measurements, Settlement gauges, Inclinometers, Stress measurements, Seismic measurements.
UNIT – II: Failures, Damages and Protection of Earth Dams: Nature and importance of failure,
Piping through embankment and foundations, Methods of seepage control through embankments and foundations, Design Criteria for filters, Treatment of upstream and downstream of slopes, Drainage control, Filter design.
UNIT – III: Slope Stability Analysis: Types of Failure: Failure surfaces – Planar surfaces, Circular
surfaces, Non-circular surfaces, Limit equilibrium methods, Total stress analysis versus effective Stress analysis, Use of Bishop’s pore pressure parameters, Short term and Long term stability in slopes. Taylor Charts.
TEXT BOOK:
- Sherard, Woodward, Gizienski and Clevenger. Earth and Earth-Rock Dams. John Wiley &. Sons. 1963
REFERENCES:
- Bharat Singh and Sharma, H. D. – Earth and Rockfill Dams, 1999
- Sowers, G. F. and Salley, H. I. – Earth and Rockfill Dams, Willams, R.C., and Willace, T.S. 1965.
- Abramson, L. W., Lee, T. S. and Sharma, S. – Slope Stability and Stabilization methods – John Wiley & sons. (2002)
- Bromhead, E. N. (1992). The Stability of Slopes, Blackie academic and professional, London.
- Christian, Earth & Rockfill Dams – Principles of Design and Construction, Kutzner Published Oxford and IBH.
- Ortiago, J. A. R. and Sayao, A. S. F. J. – Handbook of Slope Stabilization, 2004.
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