{"id":5912,"date":"2018-01-25T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T07:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/?p=5912"},"modified":"2019-07-15T10:13:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T10:13:25","slug":"jntuh-b-tech-2016-2017-r16-detailed-syllabus-earth-rock-fill-dams-slope-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/jntuh-b-tech-2016-2017-r16-detailed-syllabus-earth-rock-fill-dams-slope-stability\/","title":{"rendered":"JNTUH B.Tech 2016-2017 (R16) Detailed Syllabus Earth and Rock fill Dams and Slope Stability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The detailed syllabus for Earth and Rock fill Dams and Slope Stability B.Tech 2016-2017 (R16) third year second sem is as follows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>B.Tech. III Year II Sem. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0L\/T\/P\/C<br \/>\nCourse Code:CE614PE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03\/0\/0\/3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have an understanding of seismic design concepts and current practices for earth\u00a0dams and other similar structures to enable them to plan and direct the\u00a0construction activity appropriately.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the soil dynamic testing procedure and methodology of seismic\u00a0design to be able to execute a proper design.<\/li>\n<li>Have a clear understanding of design methodology and the interpretation in the\u00a0seismic codes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Course Outcomes:<\/strong> At the end of the course, the student will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the behaviour of natural and engineered soil \/ rock slopes under various\u00a0weather and engineering conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Explain the factors that may affect the stability of slopes.<\/li>\n<li>Select an appropriate slope stability analysis method subject to geometry of slope,\u00a0material properties, and uncertainty of observations.<\/li>\n<li>Assess the potential landslide risk of slopes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UNIT &#8211; I: \u00a0Earth and Rockfill Dams:<\/strong> General features, Selection of site; Merits and demerits of the<br \/>\nearth and rock fill dams, Classification of earth dams, Causes of failure, Safe design\u00a0criteria. Instrumentation in earth dams: Pore pressure measurements, Settlement gauges,\u00a0Inclinometers, Stress measurements, Seismic measurements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNIT &#8211; II: \u00a0Failures, Damages and Protection of Earth Dams:<\/strong> Nature and importance of failure,<br \/>\nPiping through embankment and foundations, Methods of seepage control through\u00a0embankments and foundations, Design Criteria for filters, Treatment of upstream and\u00a0downstream of slopes, Drainage control, Filter design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNIT &#8211; III: \u00a0Slope Stability Analysis<\/strong>: Types of Failure: Failure surfaces &#8211; Planar surfaces, Circular<br \/>\nsurfaces, Non-circular surfaces, Limit equilibrium methods, Total stress analysis versus\u00a0effective Stress analysis, Use of Bishop&#8217;s pore pressure parameters, Short term and Long\u00a0term stability in slopes. Taylor Charts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=ini.istudy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Download iStudy Android App for complete JNTUH syllabus, results, timetables and all other updates. There are no ads and no pdfs and will make your life way easier<\/span>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TEXT BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sherard, Woodward, Gizienski and Clevenger. Earth and Earth-Rock Dams. John\u00a0Wiley &amp;. Sons. 1963<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>REFERENCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bharat Singh and Sharma, H. D. \u2013 Earth and Rockfill Dams, 1999<\/li>\n<li>Sowers, G. F. and Salley, H. I. \u2013 Earth and Rockfill Dams, Willams, R.C., and\u00a0Willace, T.S. 1965.<\/li>\n<li>Abramson, L. W., Lee, T. S. and Sharma, S. &#8211; Slope Stability and Stabilization\u00a0methods \u2013 John Wiley &amp; sons. (2002)<\/li>\n<li>Bromhead, E. N. (1992). The Stability of Slopes, Blackie academic and professional,\u00a0London.<\/li>\n<li>Christian, Earth &amp; Rockfill Dams \u2013 Principles of Design and Construction, Kutzner\u00a0Published Oxford and IBH.<\/li>\n<li>Ortiago, J. A. R. and Sayao, A. S. F. J. &#8211; Handbook of Slope Stabilization, 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For all other B.Tech 3rd Year 2nd Sem syllabus go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/jntuh-third-year-second-sem-civil-engineering-course-structure-2016-2017-r16-batch\/\">JNTUH B.Tech Civil Engineering 3rd\u00a0Year 2nd Sem Course Structure for (R16) Batch.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All details and yearly new syllabus will be updated here time to time. Subscribe, like us on facebook and follow us on google plus for all updates.<\/p>\n<p>Do share with friends and in case of questions please feel free drop a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syllabus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5912"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18636,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5912\/revisions\/18636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/jntuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}