Geo-Environmental Engineering Detailed Syllabus for Geotechnical Engineering M.Tech first 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 Geo-Environmental Engineering M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year second sem is as follows.
M.Tech. I Year II Sem.
Course Objective: To understand various sources of contamination of ground and to characterize contaminated ground and to find extent of contamination and to get familiarize with various remediation methods.
Course Outcome: Able to characterize the contaminated ground and identify most appropriate method of remediation
UNIT- I : Sources and Site Characterization: Scope of Geoenvironmental Engineering, Various Sources of Contaminations, Need for contaminated site characterization; and Characterization methods.
UNIT- II : Solid and Hazardous Waste Management: Classification of waste, Characterization of solid Wastes, Environmental Concerns with waste, waste management strategies.
UNIT- III : Contaminant Transport: Transport process, Mass-transfer process, Modeling, Bioremediation, Phytoremediation.
UNIT- IV : Remediation Techniques: Objectives of site remediation, various active and passive methods, remediation of NAPL sites, Emerging Remediation Technologies.
UNIT- V : Landfills: Types oflandfills, Site Selection, Waste Containment Liners, Leachate collection system, Cover system, Gas collection system.
TEXT BOOKS:
- Phillip B. Bedient, Refai, H. S. & Newell C. J. – Ground Water Contamination – Prentice Hall Publications, 4th Edition, 2008
- Sharma, H. D. and Reddy, K. R. – Geoenvironmental Engineering, John Wiley & Sons (2004)
REFERENCES:
- Rowe, R. K. – Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook, Kluwer Academic, 2001
- Reddi, L. N. and Inyang, H. I. – Geoenvironmental Engineering Principles and Applications, Marcel. Dekker, Inc., New York (2000).
- La Grega, M. D., Buckingham, P. L. and Evans, J. C. – Hazardous Waste Management, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001
For all other M.Tech 1st Year 2nd Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Tech Geotechnical Engineering 1st Year 2nd Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.
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