JNTUH B.Tech 4th year (4-1) Earth and Rockfill Dams and Slope Stability gives you detail information of Earth and Rockfill Dams and Slope Stability (Elective-III) R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
UNIT – I
Earth and Rockfill Dams: General feature, Selection of site; Merits and demerits of the earth and rock fill dams, Classification of earth dams, Causes 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 down stream 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 Bishpo’s pore pressure parameters, Short term and Long term stability in slopes. Taylor Charts.
TEXT BOOK
- Sherd, Weedward Gizienski and Clevenger, Earth and Earth Rock.
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 Sharms, S – Slope Stability and Stabilisation methods – John Wiley & sons. (2002)
- Bromhead, E.N (1992) The stablity of slopes, Blackie academic and professional, London.
- Christian, Eath & Rockfill Dams – Principles of Design and construction, Kutzner publication Oxford and IBH.
- Ortiago, J.A.R and Sayao, AS.F.J- Handbook of slop stabilisation, 2004.
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