Geoenvironmental detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2019-20 scheme is taken from AKTU official website and presented for AKTU students. The course code (RCE053), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/Week, Practical Hr/Week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
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Unit 1
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Unit 2
Soil-Water-Contaminant Interaction: Soil mineralogy characterization and its significance in determining soil behaviour – soil-water interaction and concepts of double layer, forces of interaction between soil particles, concepts of unsaturated soil, water flow in saturated and unsaturated zone, soil-water-contaminant interactions and its implications, factors effecting retention and transport of contaminants.
Unit 3
Waste Containment System: Evolution of waste containment facilities and disposal practices, Site selection based on environmental impact assessment ,different role of soil in waste containment, different components of waste containment system and its stability issues, property evaluation for checking soil suitability for waste containment .
Unit 4
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Unit 5
Advanced Soil Characterization: Contaminant analysis, water content and permeability measurements, electrical and thermal property evaluation, use of GPR for site evaluation, introduction to geotechnical centrifuge modeling.
Text Books:
- Yong, R. N., Geoenvironmental Engineering, Contaminated Soils, Pollutant Fate, and Mitigation CRC Press, New York, 2001.
- Sharma H.D. and Reddy K.R., Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, 2004.
- Fredlund D.G. and Rahardjo, H., Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils Wiley-Interscience, USA, 1993.
- Mitchell, J. K., Fundamentals of Soil Behaviour Wiley, 2005.
- Hillel D., Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics Academic Press, New York, 2003
- Rowe R.K., Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook Kluwer Academic Publications, London, 2000.
- Reddi L.N. and Inyang, H. I., Geoenvironmental Engineering, Principles and Applications Marcel Dekker Inc. New York, 2000.
Reference Books:
- Hillel D., Introduction to Soil Physics Academic Press, New York, 1982.
- Sparks, D.L., Environmental Soil Chemistry Academic Press, New York, 2002.
- Bagchi, A., Design of landfills and integrated solid waste management John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, 2004.
- O.P. Gupta, Elements of Environmental Chemistry, Khanna Publishing House
- Alvarez-Benedi J. and Munoz-Carpena, R., Soil-Water-Solute Process Characterization: An Integrated Approach CRC Press, New York, 2005.
- Berkowitz, B. Dror, I. and Yaron, B., Contaminant Geochemistry Springer, Germany, 2008.
- Mohamed, A. M. O., Principles and Applications of Time Domain Electrometry Geoenvironmental Engineering Taylor and Francis, New York, 2006.
- O P Gupta, Elements of land and soil pollution, Khanna Publishing House
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