Reinforced Earth Structures Civil 7th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Professional Elective-4)

Reinforced Earth Structures detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17CV754), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other civil 7th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Civil 7th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-4 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-4. The detail syllabus for reinforced earth structures is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to;

1. Create an understanding of the latest technique such as reinforcing the soil;
2. Analyze the concept of RE so as to ascertain stability of RE structures;
3. Understand the different reinforcing materials that can be used efficiently in soils.
4. Understand design concepts of different RE structures including introductory concepts of Foundations resting of RE soil bed.

Module 1

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Module 2

Design of Reinforced Earth Retaining Walls: Concept of Reinforced earth retaining wall, Internal and external stability, Selection of materials, Typical design problems Soil Nailing Techniques: Concept, Advantages & limitations of soil nailing techniques, comparison of soil nailing with reinforced soil, methods of soil nailing, Construction sequence, Components of system, Design aspects and precautions to be taken

Module 3

Design of Reinforced Earth Foundations: Modes of failure of foundation, Determination of force induced in reinforcement ties – Location of failure surface, tension failure and pull out resistance, length of tie and its curtailment, Bearing capacity improvement in soft soils, General guidelines.

Module 4

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Module 5

GEOSYNTHETICS – FILTER, DRAIN AND LANDFILLS: Filter & Drain – Conventional granular filter design criteria, Geosynthetic filter design requirements, Drain and filter properties, Design criteria – soil retention, Geosynthetic permeability, anticlogging, survivability and durability (No Numerical Problems)
Landfills – Typical design of Landfills – Landfill liner & cover, EPA Guidelines, Barrier walls for existing landfills and abandoned dumps (No Numerical Problems)

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. identify, formulate reinforced earth techniques that are suitable for different soils

and in different structures;

2. understand the laboratory testing concepts of Geosynthetics
3. design RE retaining structures and Soil Nailing concepts
4. Determine the load carrying capacity of Foundations resting on RE soil bed.
5. asses the use of Geosynthetics in drainage requirements and landfill designs

Program

Course Objectives:

• Engineering knowledge
• Problem analysis
• Interpretation of data

Text Books:

1. Koerner. R.M, Design with Geosynthetics, Prince Hall Publications
2. Koerner. R.M. & Wesh, J.P, Construction and Geotechnical Engineering using synthetic fabrics, Wiley Inter Science, New York,.
3. SivakumarBabu G. L., An introduction to Soil Reinforcement and Geosynthetics, Universities Press, Hyderabad
4. Swami Saran, Reinforced Soil and its Engineering Applications, I. K. International Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
5. Venkattappa Rao, G., & Suryanarayana Raju., G. V.S, Engineering with Geosynthetics, Tata McGraw Hill publishing Company Limited., New Delhi.

Reference Books:

1. Jones, Earth reinforcement and Soil structure, CJEP Butterworths, London
2. Ingold, T.S. & Millar, K.S, Geotextile Hand Book, Thomas, Telford, London.
3. Hidetoshi Octial, Shigenori Hayshi& Jen Otani, Earth Reinforcement Practices,Vol. I, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam
4. Bell F.G, Ground Engineer’s reference.book, Butterworths, London
5. Ingold, T.S, Reinforced Earth, Thomas, Telford, London.
6. Sarsby R W- Editor, Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering, Woodhead Publishing Ltd & CRC Press, 2007

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Civil, 2017 regulation do visit Civil 7th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.

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