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Geotechnical Engineering BCE501
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Official AKTU syllabus of Geotechnical Engineering (BCE501) for B.Tech 3rd Year – 4 credits, L-T-P 3-1-0. Read the unit-wise course content, course outcomes, evaluation pattern and recommended books online, or download the PDF.
Syllabus — Geotechnical Engineering
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Course Outcomes: After completion of the course student will be able to:
CO1. Classify the soil and determine its Index properties.
CO2. Evaluate permeability and seepage properties of soil.
CO3. Interpret the compaction and consolidation characteristics & effective stress concept of soil.
CO4. Determine the vertical and shear stress under different loading conditions and explain the phenomenon of soil liquefaction.
CO5. Interpret the earth pressure and related slope failures.
Course Content
| Unit-1 | ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION: Preview of Geotechnical field problems in Civil Engineering, Soil formation, transport and deposit, Soil composition, Basic definitions, Weight volume relationships, Clay minerals, Soil structure, Index properties, sensitivity and thixotropy, Particle size analysis, Unified and Indian standard soil classification system. | 8 |
| Unit-2 | SOIL HYDRAULICS: Stress conditions in soil- total, effective and neutral stresses and relationships. Permeability - Darcy's Law, hydraulic conductivity, equivalent hydraulic conductivity in stratified soil. Seepage, flow nets, seepage calculation from a flow net, flow nets in anisotropic soils, seepage through earth dam, capillarity, critical hydraulic gradient and quick sand condition, uplift pressure, piping. | 8 |
| Unit-3 | Soil compaction, water content - dry unit weight relationships. Factors controlling compaction. Field compaction equipment; field compaction control; Proctor needle method. CONSOLIDATION: Primary and secondary consolidation, Terzaghi's one dimensional theory of consolidation, Consolidation test, Normal and Over Consolidated soils, Over Consolidation Ratio, determination of coefficient of consolidation. | 8 |
| Unit-4 | STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN SOIL: Elastic constants of soils and their determination, Boussinesq equation for vertical stress, The Westergaard equation, Stress distribution under loaded areas, Concept of pressure bulb, contact pressure. SHEAR STRENGTH: Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion, shear strength parameters and determination; direct and tri-axial shear test; unconfined compression test; pore pressure, Skempton's pore pressure coefficients, and Soil liquefaction. | 8 |
| Unit-5 | EARTH PRESSURE: Classical theories, Coulomb and Rankine's approaches for frictional and c-𝜑 soils, inclined backfill, Graphical methods of earth pressure determination. Stability of slopes - finite and infinite slopes, types of slope failure, Culmann’s method & Method of slices, Stability number & chart, Bishop’s method. | 8 |
Text & References Books:
- V.N.S. Murthy – Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Fifth Edition).
- K.R. Arora – Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
- Narasinga Rao, B.N.D, “Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering”, John Wiley &Sons, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., Daryaganj, New Delhi – 110002.
- Alam Singh – Modern Geotechnical Engineering.
- Brij Mohan Das – Geotechnical Engineering, CENGAGE Learning.
- I.H. Khan – Text Book of Geotechnical Engineering.
- C. Venkataramaiah – Geotechnical Engineering.
- Gopal Ranjan and A.S.R. Rao – Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics.
- G.V. Rao & G.V.S.S. Raju – Engineering with Geosynthetics.
- P. Purushottam Raj- Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Pearson Education in South Asia, New Delhi.
- Shenbaga R Kaniraj- Design Aids in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
- Gulati, S.K., “Geotechnical Engineering” McGraw Hill Education (India), Pvt. Ltd., Noida.
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