No. |
Topic details
|
*Proposed number of lectures |
1 |
Introduction; Origin of soils; Basic Relationships; Properties of Soil Aggregate, Soil Structure; Soil Classification.
|
Nine |
2 |
Soil Compaction; Laboratory compaction; Factors affecting soil compaction; Field compaction.
|
Four |
3 |
Soil-water Statics;
Concept of Effective Stress
|
Two |
4 |
Flow through soils; Quick Sand condition; Permeability and methods for its determination; Flownets
|
Ten |
5 |
Stresses in soil from surface loads; Boussinesq theory; Newmark’s chart
|
Five |
6 |
Consolidation of soils; Settlement of compressible soil layers; Sand drains.
|
Eight |
7 |
Shear strength; Mohr circle of stress; Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; Estimation of shear strength parameters; Stress paths.
|
Ten |
8 |
Earth Pressure theories- Retaining walls; Anchored bulkheads
|
Eight |
9 |
Stability of slopes; Infinite/Finite Slope Stability Analysis.
|
Four |
