Geotechnical Engineering detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (CE) for 2021 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs official website and presented for the Civil Engineering students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil Engineering (CE) 4th Sem 2021 revision scheme. The detailed syllabus of geotechnical engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Course Outcomes:
- Determine the physical and index properties of soil
- Determine the engineering properties such as permeability and shear strength of soil.
- Determine the compressibility of soil.
- Illustrate the process of field investigation and determine the bearing capacity of soil.
Module 1:
Introduction to Soil Mechanics: Use of soil as construction material in Civil engineering. Soil formation and transportation of soil – water transported soil, wind transported soil, glacier deposited soil and gravity deposited soil. Field applications of geotechnical engineering. Physical and Index Properties of Soil: Soil as a three-phase system: definethe terms – water content, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, density index, Unit weight of soil (bulk unit weight, dry unit weight, unit weight of solids, saturated unit weight, submerged unit weight). Functional relationships: between void ratio and porosity; water content and void ratio; bulk unit weight and void ratio; dry unit weight and water content. Simple problems based on the above functional relationships. Procedures for determination of: water content by oven drying method (BIS); field density of soil by core cutter and sand replacement method; specific gravity using pycnometer.
Consistency limits of soil: Procedure for determination of liquid limit, plastic limit and shrinkage limit. Define the terms – Plasticity index, consistency index, flow index and liquidity index. Simple problems relating consistency limits and indices. Gradation of soil: Define coarse grained and fine-grained soils. Procedure for determination of particle size distribution by sieve analysis. Define effective diameter of soil, well graded soils, uniformly graded soils, Uniformity co-efficient and coefficient of curvature. BIS classification of soil based on particle size.
Module 2:
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Module 3:
Compaction of Soil: Define compaction of soil. Procedure for Standard and Modified Proctor Test. Compaction curve – general discussion, differences of curves for sand and clay, Optimum moisture content (OMC), maximum dry density (MDD) and Zero air voids line. List the factors affecting compaction. Field methods of compaction – rolling, ramming and vibration. Suitability of different types of rollers – smooth wheel roller, sheep foot roller, pneumatic tyred roller.
Consolidation of soil: Define consolidation of soil and differentiate between compaction and consolidation. Describe Terzaghi’s soil-spring analogy model to explain the process of consolidation and different stages of consolidation (Initial, primary and secondary consolidation).
Module 4:
Site investigation and soil exploration: List the objectives of site investigation. Discuss the different stages of site investigation. Criteria for deciding the depth, location and number of test pits or bore holes. Discuss the different methods of soil exploration – Open excavation methods, different types of boring (Auger boring, wash boring, rotary drilling, percussion drillin, core drilling) and geo-physical methods. Define undisturbed samples. Bearing Capacity of Soil: Define terms- bearing capacity, ultimate bearing capacity, safe bearing capacity and allowable bearing pressure.
Discuss the types of bearing capacity failures. Terzaghi’s theory of bearing capacity -introduction, assumptions, equation (derivation not required) and simple problems to find area and depth of foundation – Isolated and trip footing only (effect of water table not to be considered).
Procedure for determination of bearing capacity of soil – Plate load test (as per IS:1888) and Standard Penetration Test (IS:2131).
Different types of foundation – Shallow and Deep – isolated, strip, raft, Pile, well (Types and suitability).
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Punmia, B.C., ‘ Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering \ Laxmi Publication, Delhi.
- Arora K.R, ‘ Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering’, Standard Publisher.
- Murthy, V.N.S., ‘A Text book of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering’, CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
- Ramamurthy, T.N. &Sitharam, T.G., ‘ Geotechnical Engineering (Soil Mechanics) ‘, S Chand and Company LTD., New Delhi.
- Raj, P. Purushothama, ‘ Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering’, Pearson India, New Delhi.
- Kasamalkar, B. J., ‘ Geotechnical Engineering’, Pune Vidyarthi GrihaPrakashan, Pune.
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