Earth & Rockfill Dams Detailed Syllabus for Geotechnical Engineering M.Tech first year first 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 & Rockfill Dams M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.
M.Tech. I Year I Sem.
Course Objectives: Suitability of materials for earth and rock fill dams, causes of failures and to determine slope stability.
Course Outcomes: Able to design earth and rock fill dams, get familiarity with slope stability calculations, and prevention techniques for slope failures.
Unit-I : Earth and Rock fill Dams: General features, Selection of site; Merits and demerits of the earth and rock fill dams, Classification of earth dams, Materials of construction and requirements, 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.
Unit-IV : Methods of Slope Stability: Taylor Charts, Method of Slices, Effect of Tension Cracks, Vertical Cuts. Bishop’s Analysis, Bishop and Morgenstern Analysis, Non-circular Failure Surfaces: Morgenstern and Price Analysis, Janbu Analysis, Spencer Analysis, Sliding Block Analysis, Seismic stability, Stabilization of slopes: Drainage measures, Soil reinforcement (geosynthetics/soil nailing/micro piles etc), soil treatment (cement/lime/thermal treatment), surface protection (vegetation/erosion control mats/shotcrete).
Unit-V : Rock fill Dams: Requirements of compacted rock fill, Shear strength of rock fill, Rock fill mixtures, Rock fill embankments, Earth-core Rock fill dams, Stability, Upstream & Downstream slopes.
TEXT BOOKS:
- Christian, K. Earth & Rock fill Dams – Principles of Design and Construction, CRC Press, 1997.
- Sowers, G.F. – Earth and Rock fill Dam Engineering, Asia Publishing House, 1962.
REFERENCES:
- Bharat Singh and Sharma, H. D. – Earth and Rock fill Dams, 1999
- Abramson, L. W., Lee, T. S. and Sharma, S. – Slope Stability and Stabilisation methods – John Wiley & sons. (2002)
- Sherard, Woodward, Gizienski and Clevenger. Earth and Earth-Rock Dams. John Wiley &. Sons. 1963.
- US Army Corp of Engineers, Earth and Rock-fill Dams, General Design and construction Considerations, University Press of the Pacific (2004)
For all other M.Tech 1st Year 1st Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Tech Geotechnical Engineering 1st Year 1st Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.
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