SRM UNIVERSITYFACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING M.TECH - GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS ELIGIBILITY : B.E/ B.Tech. in Civil/ Geo Informatics/ Infrastructure Engg./ Structural Engg./ M.Sc. (Geology/ Applied Geology/ Geophysics with Maths background) SRM UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING M.TECH - GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (For the Students admitted from the academic year 2012- 13 onwards) CURRICULUM Subject Code Title L T P C Applied Mathematics Experimental Geomechanics Strength and Deformation Behaviour of Soils Shallow Foundations Elective – I TOTAL SEMESTER – II 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 18 Geo Mechanics and Soil Behaviour Deep Foundations Ground Improvement Elective - II Elective - III TOTAL SEMESTER – III 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 18 Elective - IV Elective - V Elective - VI 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 Project Work Phase - I Practical Training and Seminar (Practical 4 Weeks in Vacation after II Semester) TOTAL SEMESTER – IV 0 0 0 0 14 2 7 1 SEMESTER – I THEORY MA0503 GT0501 GT0503 GT0505 EI THEORY GT0502 GT0504 GT0506 E2 E3 THEORY E4 E5 E6 PRACTICAL GT0601 GT0603 PRACTICAL GT0602 Project Work Phase - II TOTAL Total Credits to be earned for the award of Degree = 70 17 34 17 17 LIST OF ELECTIVES Subject Code Title L T P C GT0701 DYNAMICS OF SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS 3 0 0 3 GT0702 PAVEMENT ENGINEERING 3 0 0 3 GT0703 REINFORCED SOIL STRUCTURES 3 0 0 3 GT0704 THEORETICAL SOIL MECHANICS 3 0 0 3 GT0705 EARTH PRESSURE STRUCTURES RETAINING 3 0 0 3 GT0706 EARTH AND ROCKFILL DAMS 3 0 0 3 GT0707 ROCK MECHANICS IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE 3 0 0 3 GT0708 FINITE ELEMENT METHOD AND APPLICATIONS 3 0 0 3 GT0709 SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION 3 0 0 3 GT0710 GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING 3 0 0 3 GT0711 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNOLOGY 3 0 0 3 GT0712 GEOSYNHETICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING 3 0 0 3 GT0713 FOUNDATION ON EXPANSIVE SOILS 3 0 0 3 GT0714 MECHANICS OF UNSATURATED SOILS 3 0 0 3 GT0715 REMOTE SENSING AND ITS GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING IN 3 0 0 3 GT0716 MARINE FOUNDATIONS 3 0 0 3 AND EARTH APPLICATION 1949. UNIT II OPEN EXCAVATION AND BORINGS OF EXPLORATION Pits and Trenches – Drifts and Shafts – Methods of boring – Auger Borings – Wash Borings – Rotary Drilling –Percussion Drilling – Core Drilling. Vicksburg. UNIT IIISOIL SAMPLES AND SAMPLERS Types of soil samples – Disturbed samples –Undisturbed samples – Design Features affecting the sample Disturbance –Split spoon samplers – Scraper Bucket Samplers –Shell by Tubes and Thin walled Samplers – Piston Samplers – Denis Samplers – Preservation and handling of samples. resistance and inductance type UNIT V GEOPHYSICAL METHODS Geophysical methods-types-Seismic Methods – Electrical Resistivity Methods – Electrical Profiling Method –Electrical Sounding Method – seismic refraction method – Sub-soil Investigation Report.SEMESTER – I GT0501 EXPERIMENTAL GEOMECHANICS L T P C 3 2 0 4 UNIT I GENERAL Scopes and objectives of explorations – Planning a subsurface exploration – stages in sub surface exploration – Explorations for preliminary and detailed design – spacing and depth of exploration. Missispi.J. UNIT IVIN-SITU TESTING Field tests – Standard Penetration Tests – Cone Penetration Tests – In-situ Vane Shear Test– Plate Load Test – monotonic and cyclic –Field Permeability Tests – In-situ Tests using Pressure meter – Observation of Ground Water Table. REFERENCES 1. strain gauges.Instrumentation in soil engineering. . Sub surface exploration and Sampling of soils for Civil Engineering Purpose by Hvorslev. Waterways Station. M. . Drained and undrained Stressstrain behaviour . Factors influencing stress-strain shear strength. Brahma. .Triaxial testing and stress path plotting .Rheological models of Kelvin. Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited.Triaxial Testing. 4.Linear visco-elastic and Elasto -plastic laws . Tresca and their extended form. GT0503 STRENGTH AND DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR OF SOILS L T P C 3 2 0 4 UNIT ISHEAR STRENGTH OF COHESION LESS SOILS Shear strength of granular soils .Dilation. 1985.Direct shear .Coulomb failure criterion UNIT IV STRESS .yield criteria of von Mises. hardening law. Foundation Engineering by S. Factors influencing stressstrain shear strength.STRAIN LAWS FOR SOILS Stress-strain laws for soils . Bangalore. UNIT III YIELD CRITERION Concepts of yield and failure in soils. New Delhi. contraction and critical states .Detailed discussion of Mohr.shear strength of partially saturated clay in terms of stress state variables.Stress-strain behaviour . . Analysis and Design of Foundations and Retainig Structures by ShamsherPrakash. Murthy.1979. 3. GopalRanjan and Swami Saran. Geotechnical Engineering by C. 5. UNIT II SHEAR STRENGTH OF COHESIVE SOILS Shear strength of clays . Maxwell and Burger and Burger as applied to soils. Venkataramaiah.N.hyperbolic law .yield functions. Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering. Vol. 2 by V. their applicability to soils .P.S. flow rules and plastic strain computation .2.Liquefaction onsaturated sands. Meerut. SaritaPrakasham. New Delhi. SaiKripa Technical Consultants.Total stress and effective stress approach . Wiley Eastern Ltd..pore pressure parameter of Skempton and Henkel . ISBN 81 7371-245-8.surface. and Whitman R. McGraw Hill. D.D and Kovacs. Lambe.H.UNIT V CRITICAL STATE SOIL MECHANICS Introduction to critical state soil mechanics . Z.. M. ISBN-O-534-37114-0. India.P. National Science Foundation. Chilchester. 3. A guide to soil mechanics.V. Units John Wiley. 7.. Center. Soil Mechanics in S. Bolton. Wood.A perspective only on mechanical behaviour of soils within the critical state framework. 2003. ISBN 0-85334-285-7 11. 1997. Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering.. and BrandsbyP. Thomson Learning Academic Resource. 1981 2. Brooks/Cole.L. M.. Rheology and Soil Mechanics. Das. 8.M. Bazant. 1984. Keedwell. Braja. July 1998. 4. Malcolm D.W. 1985. New York.. Hyderabad. Urbane. Concrete and Soil.. Shear Strength of Liquefied Soils. Prentice-Hall.. Introduction to critical state soil mechanics McGraw Hill. 5. T. Das.state boundary . John Willey and Sons.Roscoe and Hvorslev's . Macmillan Press Ltd. Cambridge University Press. Final Proceedings of the workshop. Soil behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics. Hotlz.I. 1978. . 10. M. Advanced soil mechanics. Soil Mechanics Principles and Practices. Introduction Geotechnical Engineering. 1979. REFERENCES 1. Universities Press (India) Private Ltd. ISBN 0-333-77776x .. London. R.J.D. Illinois. 6. 9. Rocks.2002. Graham Barnes. Elsevier applied science Publishers Ltd. Atkinson J. Mechanics of Geo-materials. 1990. W. Braja. Design of Block foundation .Codal recommendations .partial safety factor approach codal Recommendations. UNIT IV INTERACTIVE ANALYSIS OF FOUNDATIONS Analysis of foundation .Responsibility of Foundation Engineer Classification .Additional consideration . . UNIT III SETTLEMENT EVALUATION Settlement analysis-immediate-consolidation settlement-layered soil and rocks-construction period correction-evaluation from insitu tests . Analytical techniques.elastic approach . UNIT II BEARING CAPACITY ESTIMATIONS Bearing capacity of shallow foundations .Prentice Hall. Englewood Cliffs.economy.Introduction to theory of vibration .individual .Foundation design in relation to ground movements Foundation on recent refuse fills . Inc.Codal recommendations.GT0505 SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS L T P C 3 2 0 4 UNIT I INTRODUCTION Developments .soil structure interaction principles -Soil Structure Interaction problemscontact pressure distribution-factors influencing contact pressure distribution beneath rigid and flexible footings-concentrically and eccentrically loaded cases.need of Foundation Engineering .strip .Soft and Hard Rocks Evaluation of bearing capacity from insitu tests . REFERENCES 1.hostile environment .General requirements . Donald P.structural integrity .Design of Foundation for seismic forces . 1996. New Jersey.Layered soils .code recommendations. Coduto.Homogeneous .combined footings and mat foundations conventional . Interface behavior. Foundation Design Principles and Practices . Slope of soil – Foundation interaction analysis UNIT V FOUNDATION FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS Introduction to special foundations .selection of type of foundation .Idealized soil behavior – Foundation behavior.. Winterkorn. New York.. McGraw Hill 1999.. Galgottia Publications Pvt. 1995. Kurian. 3.. Bowles. England. Tomlinson. Day. 7. Principles and Practices. Nainan P. H.W. Prentice-Hall of India. INC 2000. McGraw Hill. New Delhi-110002. W. Vargheese.. . Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering. and Fang. Foundation Engineering. Swami Saran. UK Ltd. Hansen. Practical Foundation Engineering Handbook. M.. P.. Foundation Analysis and Design. John Wiley. 12. ISBN-81-203-2137-5. J. Van Nostrand Reinhold.C. and Thornburn. Limit State Design of Reinforced concrete. Principles and Practices. Design of Foundation Systems. Prentice Hall.F. Long man Group.J. 9. Geotechnical Engg. D. New York. ISBN-81-7319-4963. Robert Wade Brown. Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations.A.Hall of India Private Limited. Foundation Engineering Handbook. (2002). Elastic Analysis of Raft Foundations. Donald P.F. 5. W. McCarthy. 1974.. 4. R. 1996. Design and Construction. 1994. R. 14. ELBS. 11.F. John Wiley and Sons. 6.H. 1994. Foundation Engineering.E. Soil Mechanics and Foundation. Muni Budhu. 10. 1999. 1996. basic geotechnics (6th Edition). Thomas Telford. 1998.E. 8. Peck. J. 13. Hemsley.2. Narosa Publishing House. McGraw Hill. Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundation..B. Ltd. Y. 2002. Coduto. Prentice . 4. Prentice Hall of India Pvt. . Poisson.. New Delhi (1997) 2. Gupta. PROBABILITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES Probability – Random Variables . 2. Ltd. A. 3. CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS Concept of variation and its properties – Euler’s equation – Functional dependant on first and higher order derivatives – Functionalsdependant on functions of several independent variables – Variational problems with moving boundaries – Isoperimetric Problems – Direct methods – Ritz and Kantorovich methods. 5. New Delhi (1997).Binomial. ELLIPTIC EQUATION Laplace equation – Properties of harmonic functions – Solution of Laplace’s equation by means of Fourier transforms in a half plane... in an infinite strip and in a semi-infinite strip – Solution of Poisson equation by Fourier transform method.S.MA0503 APPLIED MATHEMATICS 3 2 0 4 1. Uniform. Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Introduction to Partial Differential Equations. Calculus of Variations with Applications. Ltd. SankaraRao. ONE DIMENSIONAL WAVE AND HEAT EQUATIONS Laplace transform methods for one-dimensional wave equation – Displacements in a long string – longitudinal vibration of an elastic bar – Fourier transform methods for one-dimensional heat conduction problems in infinite and semi-infinite rods. ESTIMATION THEORY Partial and Multiple correlations – Partial and Multiple regression – Estimation of parameters using maximum likelihood estimator and method of moments REFERENCES 1.. K. Geometric. Exponential Distributions – Moments – Moments Generating Functions And Their Properties – Function Of Random Variables. Normal. New Delhi (2001).C.3. B.C. Integral Transforms for Engineers. Sultan Chand and Sons...K. and Shivamoggi. 4. and Kapoor. L. Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics. V. Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Andrews. Ltd..K. S. Gupta. . New Delhi (2003). chemical . temperature on double layer – stern layer – attractive and repulsive forces in clays – soil structure – soil water – mechanism of soil – water interactions. UNIT VCONDUCTION PHENOMENA AND PREDICTION OF SOIL BEHAVIOUR Conduction in soils – coupled flows – electrical. UNIT III SOIL FABRIC AND STRUCTURE Soil fabric and structure-flocculated and dispersed structure-fabric measurements-different types of fabric measurements-fabric stability and its relevance to engineering behavior of soils-volume change behavior of soils-problems associated-factors influencing volume change-sensivity and its causes. ionic valency. hydraulic and thermal flows in soils – consolidation by electro osmosis – effect of flows in stable and properties of soils – prediction of engineering behaviour of soils – empirical correlations and their applicability.II GT0502 GEOMECHANICS AND SOIL BEHAVIOUR L T P C 3 2 0 4 UNIT 1 SOIL DEPOSITS AND CLAY MINERALS Introduction – formation of soils – various soil deposits and their engineering suitability – Genesis of clay minerals – classification and identification – Anion and Cation exchange capacity of clays – specific surface area – bonding in clays. UNIT II PHYSICAL AND PHYSIO-CHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SOILS Physical and physio – chemical behaviour of soils –effect of ion concentration. . UNIT IV COMPRESSIBILITY BEHAVIOUR Compressibility –permeability behavior of soils and clays-mechanisms involved-liquefaction potential-factors governing compressibility-shear strength and permeability of soils.SEMESTER . dielectric constant. 2002. 1998 8. D. Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.K. Applied Clay Mineralogy. H. 3.V. Van Olphen.W. Yong. New York. Lambe.. John Wiley and Sons.N. Limited. Soil Mechanics. London..REFERENCES 1. McGraw Hill. W. . 1993 2. Grim. 7. T.. 4. Das..F. McCarthy D. John Wiley.. B. 6. Mitchell. Soil Mechanics. R. 1979. Geotechnical Engineering – Principles and practices. PWS Publishing Company.. Clay colloid Chemistry.H. Prentice-Hall. Introduction to Soil Behaviour. 2002 9. Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations.P. 1979. New Delhi. and Baron. and Warkentin. New York. 1996 5.. John Wiley. New York. Fundamentals of Soil Behaviour. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering. R. Coduto. Macmillan. B.. Perloff. The Ronal Press Company. Boston. and Whitman.E.M. 1966.P. J. 1976. W. R. Principles of Foundation Engineering. UNIT IV STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF PILE AND PILE GROUPS Pile foundation – structural design – pile cap analysis. John Wiley and Sons. UNIT V CAISSONS Caissons types – Stability of caissons – principles of analysis and design. Cernica. J. REFERENCES 1. Publishing. 1999 (Fourth Edition) 2. PWS. 1995.. UNIT III LATERAL AND UPLIFT LOAD EVALUATION Piles subjected to Lateral loads – Broms method. Foundation on week compressible – collapsible soil – case studies. Design and Construction. Das.GT0504 DEEP FOUNDATIONS L T P C 3 2 0 4 UNIT I PILE CLASSIFICATIONS Function – classification of piles – Factors governing choice of pile foundation – Load transfer principles – piling equipments and methods – changes in soil condition during installation of piles – requirement of code of practice – responsibility of engineer and contractor. pile – raft system basic interactive analysis – pile and pile groups subjected to vibrations – fundamental solutions. B. .M. Geotechnical Engineering Foundation Design.. elastic –p-y curve analyses – Batter piles – response to moment – pile subjected to uplift loads – load –deformation behaviour – Lateral and uplift load test data interpretation. seismic influences IRC Guidelines.N. Inc. UNIT II AXIALLY LOADED PILES AND PILE GROUPS Allowable load evaluation of piles and pile groups – Static method – cohesive – cohesion less soil – time effects – Dynamic method – pile driving formulae –Wave equation application – modeling – theoretical analysis – Interpretation of field test results and pile load test results – Settlement of Piles and Pile groups. 1977.E. M. Foundation Analysis and Design.3. 7. Ltd... Poulos. H.J. New Jersey. Prentice Hall.. E. M. U. Drainage . New York.K. New York. Stabilization by thermal and freezing techniques. McGraw Hill.Y – Foundation Engineering Handbook. UNIT II COMPACTION AND SAND DRAINS Insitu compaction of granular and cohesive soils. Bowles. H. Pile foundation analysis and design. Winterkorn. vacuum and electro-osmotic methods. Donald..basic concepts and philosophy.. McGraw Hill book Company. – theories of sand drain – design and relative merits. ELBS.. Pile Foundation for Buildings and Structures in collapsible Soil. Inc. 6. 10. 1996.G.Ground Water lowering by well points deep wells. Longman Group. . fabric drains. Tomlinson. Unduto. design. Grigorian. Robert wade Brown. wick drains etc. Cement and concrete association. 1996.F. Ltd. 9. factors influencing compaction Blasting and dynamic consolidation – Preloading with sand drains. P. Pvt. New Delhi. 1999. Shallow and Deep compaction sand piles – concept. Foundation engineering.H. 4. 1996.J. GT0506 GROUND IMPROVEMENT L T P C 3 2 0 4 UNIT I DEWATERING Introduction . 1994. Foundation Design Principles and Practices. Englewood Cliffs. 8. Tomlinson. 5. and Fang. H.Scope and necessity of ground improvement in Geotechnical engineering. John Wiley and Sons.. 1980. Practical Foundation Engineering Handbook. Pile design and construction practice. England 1995. Von Nostrand Reinhold. Davis. J. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. CIRIA. 3. Davies. Jewell. John Wiley. 4. 9. PWS Publishing. Soil Reinforcement with Geotextiles.A. M. J. Principles of Foundation Engineering. UNIT V.. Jones. 2001. Ground Treatment. Centre for development of Coir Technology. J.K. lime etc. erosion control – case studies. 1985. lime piles – Functions – Methods of installation – design. 1996. Filtration. Prentice Hall. and Schlosser. C. Butterworths.P.P.L. Blackie Academic and Professional.M. soil nailing – Applications. 7. T. Moseley.D.. REFERENCES 1.. London. Kluwer Academic Publishers.UNIT III STONE COLUMN.M. 1997. 6. R.. B. Ground Improvement Gas Systems. UNIT IVEARTH REINFORCEMENT Earth reinforcement – Principles and basis mechanism of reinforced earth-reinforced soil retaining structures-simple design. N. F.. Earth Reinforcement and Soil Structure. separation. GROUTING Grouting techniques – Types of grout – Suspension and solution grouts – Basic requirements of grout. 2002. 5. R. Construction and Geotechnical Engineering using Synthetic Fabrics. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook. RamanathaAyyar. Synthetic and natural fibre based Geotextiles and their applications. and Welsh. Comprehensive Reference book on Coir Geotextiles. 1999 8.E. Grouting equipment – principle of injection-injection methods – properties of treated ground-application of jet grouting-grout monitoring – Electro – chemical stabilization – Stabilization with cement. Koerner. – Stabilization of expansive clays. M.C.. 1997. 1990. LIME PILES AND SOIL NAILING Stone column.. . and Balakrishnan Nair. 1998... 2. estimation of load carrying capacity and settlement-slope stability-stability of trenches-lime-sand columns-Root piles. R. Koerner. drainage.S. R. Rowe. Ramachandran Nair. American Society of Civil Engineers.. Das. (Fourth Edition). Designing with Geosynthetics (Third Edition).M. Soft soil engineering. Balkema Publishers. 2001 .10.K.W. Shroff. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. proceeding third international conference on soft soil engineering A. New Delhi. ASCE. L.L.Ltd. 1996... Practical Guide to Grouting of Underground Structures. Lee.. 1999..F. R.. KwongA. P. 12. Hehn.W. A.W. Pang.V. Z. C. and Yue. Ng. Grouting Technology in Tunneling and Dam.A.... Yin. 11. J.. C.K. Lau.Q.R. Pvt.....K. vibration table studies Field tests .ELECTIVES GT0701 DYNAMICS OF SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS L T P C 3 0 0 3 UNIT I THEORY OF VIBRATION Introduction .Lumped parameter analog model foundations for impact and miscellaneous machines .Resonant column apparatus .Field-testTypical values of soil constants.from standard penetration data. REFERENCES 1. McGraw Hill. .principles of vibrations measuring equipments UNIT IIDETERMINATION OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR Dynamic stress . Wheeler Publishing .forced vibrations .. Elastic half space theory .Foundations for reciprocating machines .K.use of springs and damping materials construction aspects of machine foundations.New Delhi. S and Puri. V.V.Factors influencing .viscous damping . N.Dynamic soil structure interaction.Frame foundations for high speed machinery .Degrees of freedom .Deformation and strength of soils . Dynamics soil tests and applications.Design criteria .Liquefaction potential . 2. KameswaraRao.S.Dynamics bearing capacity and earth pressure .Analysis . UNIT IV DESIGN OF MACHINE FOUNDATION Machine foundations . UNIT V VIBRATION ISOLATION Vibration Isolation .free vibrations of spring .Effect of transient and pulsating loads . UNIT III LIQUEFACTION Liquefaction of soils . 1987.Block foundation. 2000.Nature of dynamic loads ..mass systems .Passive and active isolation . Prakash. Foundations for machines. 1974. Oxford and IBH. 1985.. 9. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. UNIT II FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT Material characterization for analytical pavement design – CBR and stabilometer tests – Resilient modulus – Fatigue subsystem – failure criteria for bituminous pavements – IRC design guidelines. Prentice Hall. 1992. D. II and III Budapest. 7. wheeler Publishing. New Delhi. Vol. A. C. Moore.. 1998. Barkon. 5..J. Dynamics of Basis of Foundation. 11. Handbook of Machine Foundations. Major. 1995.M. New Delhi 1999. Ltd. O'Neil.D. McGraw Hill... 4. P.. McGraw Hill. Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundation.. GT0702 PAVEMENT ENGINEERING L T 3 0 P 0 C 3 UNIT I BASIC CONCEPTS Pavements types – Approaches to pavement design – vehicle and traffic considerations – behaviour of road materials under repeated loading – Stresses and deflections in layered systems. S. Highway . Arya. Swami Saran. 1964.. prentice hall... Vibration Analysis and Design of Foundations for Machines and Turbines.V. 2004. "Vibration Analysis and Foundation Dynamics". pavement – CRC pavements. S. McGraw Hill. KrammerS. Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt. 6. 1981. international series. Analysis and Design of Foundations for Vibrations. Principles of Soils Dynamics. Galgotia publications Pvt. P. and Srinivasalu. KameswaraRao. 8.. Ltd.3. Vaidyanathan.L. Das B. UNIT IIIRIGID PAVEMENT Design procedures for rigid pavement – IRC guidelines – Airfield pavements. Design of Structures and Foundations for Vibrating Machines. 10. I. Design and Performance of Road Pavements. 2000. Principles of Pavement Design. Croney.. New Delhi.J and WitchakM.2001. 2. Ministry of rural roads. UNIT VSTABILIZATION OF SOILS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS The need for a stabilized soil – Design criteria and choice of stabilizers – Testing and field control – Stabilisation in India for rural roads – Use of geofabrics in unpaved road construction. 9. Bell. Guideline for the Design of Rigid Pavements for Highways. New Chand and Brothers.A. Roorkee. . Design and Specification of Rural Roads (Manual).H. 1996 2. O’ Flaherty. 7. pavements maintenance management.. New Delhi. Wright. condition and evaluation surveys – PSI models – Serviceability index of rural roads – Overlay design. Yoder R... Highway Engineering Vol. Government of India. 6.G. Edward Arnold Cp. 8. Pavement for sustainable development – Recycling of pavement. John Wiley & Sons. Developments in Highway Engineering Applied Sciences publishers.W. New York... Highway Engineers. HMO Stationary Office. John Wiley. The Indian Roads Congress. Highway Engineering. C. 4.UNIT IV PAVEMENT EVALUATION AND REHABILITATION Pavement evaluation and rehabilitation. IRC:58-1998. D. 1979. P.. 1978. Case studies.S. Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements. 1998 3. REFERENCS 1. 1978. KhannaS.E. New Delhi.K and Justo C. 2001 5. The Indian roads Congress. P. Inc. IRC:37 . J. pavements.. Jones. London.. Thomas Telford Co. 1997. electrochemical corrosion. UNIT V CASE HISTORIES AND APPLICATIONS Performance studies of reinforced dams. 1996. Principles.. R. embankments. Koerner. Geogrids. R. Earth Reinforcement and Soil Structures. resistivity .case studies. Soil Reinforcement with Geotextile.liners for liquid containment. Jewell. 3. Geocomposites and Geojutes. London.F. reinforcing materials metal strips.redox potential. fill materials. Concepts and Mechanisms of reinforced earth. water content.. Designing with Geosynthetics. C. Natural fibers facing elements UNIT III DESIGN ASPECTS AND APPLICATION Design aspects of reinforced earth. London. Earthworks.W. John. GT0703 REINFORCED SOIL STRUCTURES L T P C 3 0 0 3 UNIT I PRINCIPLES AND MECHANISMS Historical Background. John Blackie and Sons Ltd. Proc. UNIT II MATERIALS Materials used in reinforced soil structures. railroads. Design and applications of reinforced earth of various structures. 1984. Geotextile. REFERENCES 1.M.drains .. Geofoam. Geomembranes. 2. like retaining walls. Geotextiles. CIRIA.P. embankments and slopes .M. London. Prentice Hell. . pavements. 5. N. 4. bacterial corrosion. (Third Edition). foundations and underground structure . 1987. 1982. Conference on polymer and Reinforcement. UNIT IV DURABILITY OF REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS Measurement of corrosion factors.A. pH. foundations.. N. comprehensive reference book on Coir Geotextile. plane strain and axisymmetric problems – equation of equilibrium and compatibility – stress functions.S. cuts and retaining structures. Biotechnical and Soil Engineering Slope Stabilization: A practical Guide for Erosion control. 7. New York. R. centre for Development for Coir Technology.A.S. Horvath Engineering P. . U. Horvath.6. GeofoamGeosynthetic. John S. UNIT IIILIMIT EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS Limit equilibrium analysis – perfectly plastic material – stress – strain relationship –stress and displacement field calculations – slip line solutions for undrainedand drained loading.. UNIT II STRESSES AND DISPLACEMENTS (ELASTIC SOLUTIONS) Stresses in elastic half-space medium by external loads – fundamental solutions –Boussinesq..T.B.C. 1996.. UNIT IV LIMIT ANALYSIS Limit analysis – principles of virtual work – theorems of plastic collapse – Mechanism for plane plastic collapse – Simple solutions for drained and undrained loading –stability of slopes. New York. and Sotir. 1998.H. GT0704 THEORETICAL SOIL MECHANICS L T P C 3 0 0 3 UNIT ITHEORY OF ELASTICITY Introduction – Elasticity and stability problems. C.. and Balakrishna Nair. RamanathaAyyar . Centrifuge model – Principles and scale effects. Gray.G. Scarsdale. concept of stress and strain – plane stress. Kelvin and Mindlin solution – Applications of fundamental solutions – Anisotropic and non-homogeneous linear continuum – Influence charts . Ramachandran Nair.. 2002. practical considerations UNIT V FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIA Flow through porous media – Darcy’s law – General equation of flow – steady state condition – solution by flow net – fully saturated conditions. Flamant.elastic displacement. John Wiley & Son Inc. 8. D. 9. 1997. 3. Alkinson.. 2000. Blackie Academic and Professional. Taylor. 2. H.L. Inc.A. and Selvadurai. empirical methods. A. Muni Budhu. Cedergren.E. 1995.. GT0705 EARTH PRESSURE AND EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES L T P C 3 0 0 3 UNIT IEARTH PRESSURE THEORIES Introduction – State of stress in retained soil mass – Earth pressure theories – Classical and graphical techniques – Active and passive cases – Earth pressure due to external loads. 2000. YK. 1966. Galgotia.. J. 11. McGraw Hill. Winterkorn. A. A. 2003. H. M. 4.S.. Ernot&Sohn. 8. 1991. Wall movement and complex geometry. Limit Analysis in Soil Mechanics. Elsevier Science Ltd. H.O. Harr.Y. Davis. Foundations of Theoretical Soil Mechanics.Balkema Publishers. 1996.Balkema Publishers. A. 7. 2002. Foundations and Slopes. Soil Mechanics and Foundations.. 10. Elasticity and Geomechanics. Booksource. Problem Solving in Soil Mechanics. Foundation Engineering Handbook. Aysen..F. X.A. Soil Mechanics: Basic concepts and Engineering Applications. 1981. A... 5. McGraw Hill. and Fang.. Seepage. 2002.1). Ulrich Smoltc. Geotechnical Centrifuge Technology. .N.H... and Liu. Cambridge University Press. Network. Aysen. Geotechnical Engineering Handbook (Vol. R. John Wiley. 6. Wai-Fah Chen.P. Drainage and Flownets.REFERENCES 1.R. R. John Wiley and Sons... B. R. Day. 2.. J..UNIT II DRAINAGE AND STABILITY CONSIDERATIONS Lateral pressure due to compaction. . Kluwer Academic Publishers.F. and Woods. and Woods. 6. Foundation Engineering Handbook. Survey University Press. Earth pressure around tunnel lining.I.. Prentice Hall. H. Design with Geosynthetics (Third Edition). Each pressure due to earthquake forces – Stability of retaining structure. UNIT III SHEET PILE WALLS Retaining structure – Selection of soil parameters – Analysis and design of cantilever and anchored sheet pile walls. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook. McGraw Hill. REFERENCES: 1. influence of drainage. 2001. 2000. Militisky... strain softening. 5. R. R. Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering: Design and Construction. Earth and Earth retaining structures. facing elements. Rowe. Earth pressure and Earth-Retaining structures (Second Edition). The PWS series in Civil Engineering. R. and Fang.I. H. Galgotia Booksource.Y.W. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (Fourth Edition). 1999. Concepts and mechanism of reinforced Earth – Design consideration of reinforced earth – Materials used in reinforced earth . Routledge. 1998 7.. J. 1992. Metal strips.M. UNIT V DESIGN OF REINFORCED EARTH RETAINING WALL Reinforced earth retaining wall – principles.. wall flexibility. Winterkorn. 1997. stability against piping and bottom heaving.R.Geotextile – Geogrids. Clayton. Militisky. Deadman and continuous anchor. 1993.M. UNIT IVSUPPORTED EXCAVATIONS Lateral pressure on sheeting in braced excavation. 3.K. Das. C. R. Diaphragm and bored pile walls – Design requirements. 4. Koerner. shaft and silos.. F. Method of Slices.J. Prentice Hall. Provisions to control pore pressure.. 2001. Foundation treatment. 1987. J. Mandal. W. Woodward. K. Slope Stability.. Filter design. and Richards. Quality control and performance measurement.L. Earthquake damage creep and anisotropic effects. and Clevenger. Full reservoir and drawdown. Bishop’s method.. John Wiley. Slope protection. Treatment of rock foundation.G. Reinforced Soil and Geotextiles. Gizienski. Sherard. Janbu’s method etc. Construction Techniques. 2. M. McCarthy. Oxford &IBH Publishing Co. New Delhi. Nature and importance of failures in embankment and foundation piping. Factors influencing design.. UNIT IIFAILURE AND DAMAGES Failure and damages. REFERENCES 1. Wedge analysis. Special aspects of slope analysis. 3. Reservoir wave action. 2002.S.A. Limit Equilibrium method. GT0706 EARTH AND ROCKFILL DAMS L 3 T 0 P 0 C 3 UNIT IDESIGN CONSIDERATION Design consideration. Types of earth and rockfill dams. J.J. 9. UNIT IVSTABILITY OF SLOPES Introduction.. Flownets. R. stability charts. Earth and Earth rock dam. UNIT V SPECIAL DESIGN PROBLEM Special design problems. D. 1963.8.. Anderson. Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations: Basic Geotechnics (Sixth Edition). Ltd. Kulwer Academic Publishers. Foundation slides. Design details. Pvt. R... R. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook. Stability conditions during construction. John Wiley. Applications of Geosynthetics in earth and rockfill dams.N. Earth dams on pervious soil foundation. Stability of infinite and finite slopes.. Dispersive piping UNIT IIISEEPAGE ANALYSIS Seepage analysis. Differential settlement.K. . Rowe. N. Thomas Terlod.N.case studies.J. R.shotcreting. Blacky Academic and Professionals Publications. REFERENCES 1. Slope analysis.Models of rock failure planes of weakness and joint characteristics .F... 1988. Prentice Hall. R. 1991. flat jack-over-under coring methods . UNIT IIIDESIGN ASPECTS IN ROCKS Insitu stresses and their measurements. R. installation methods .remedial measures for critical slopes . UNIT IISTRENGTH CRITERIA OF ROCKS Behaviour of rock under hydrostatic compression and deviatric loading .. UNIT IV SLOPE STABILITY OF ROCKS Rock slopes . John Willey and Sons. . 1989.value of RMR and ratings in field estimations.stress around underground excavations .Design aspects of openings in rocks . The Stability of Slopes. competent and incompetent rock . Bramhead. Hook and Brown Strength criteria for rocks with discontinuity sets.Coulomb failure criterion and tension cut-off. Engineering Developments and Applications.Index properties and classification of rock masses. 5. 6.E. McCarthy..joint testing. GT0707 ROCK MECHANICS IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE L T P C 3 0 0 3 UNIT ICLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS Rocks of peninsular India and the Himalayas . Chowdhury. Glassow 1986. Mohr .case studies.case studies.4. 2002. E. Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations: Basic Geotechnics Sixth Edition)..role of discontinuities in slop failure. UNIT V REINFORCEMENT OF ROCKS Reinforcement of fractured and joined rocks . Goodman. Prentice Hall. bolting. slope analysis and factor of safety . Introduction to rock mechanics. Chandhar. D. E. Rock Mechanics. 3. 6. Wittke. 5.K. typical elements.. GT0708 FINITE ELEMENT METHOD AND APPLICATIONS L T P C 3 0 0 3 UNIT IBASIC CONCEPTS Basic concepts . John Wiley and Sons. seepage. Rock slope Engineering.. Underground Excavations in Rock. U. the element characteristic matrix. U. Springerverlag.Discretization of continuum. Natural coordinates. W. The linear and quadratic triangle. Chichester.. E and Brown. Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. W. 1990. Description and Description and application to consolidation. 1981. Bazant.K. . Element assembly and solution for unknowns . Applications UNIT IIIDISPLACEMENTS BASED ELEMENTS Displacements based elements. Convergence requirements. deformation and flow. 1985. E and Bray. One-dimensional problems of stress.. UNIT IIVARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES Variational principles. Introduction to non-linearity. 1981.2. Finite elements analysis of two-dimensional problems. Berlin.Applications. Hook.P. L. Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.. J..T. Hook. Z. and Duvall. UNIT IVISOPARAMETRIC FORMULATION Application of FEM to Problems in soils and rocks. Concrete and Soil. John Wiley. Winkler foundation etc. Assembly. 1967. 4. Rock Mechanics and the Design of structures in Rock. Mechanics of Geomaterials Rocks. finite elements for axial symmetry. Theory and Applications with case Histories. Variational methods approximation such as Ritz and weighted residual (Galerkin) methods. Finite difference method. Obvert. variational formulation of boundary value problems. 10. and Beligundu. Finite and Boundary Element Methods in Engineering. 5..E.A finite element perspective Moral Dikker. L. Finite Element analysis in Geotechnical Engineering Application. An Introduction to the Finite Element Method. Interface. D. and Nethercot. Soil-Machine Interaction . 2001.. Introduction to Finite Elements in Engineering. 8. John Wiley. Soil behaviour. and Zdramcovic..UNIT VAPPLICATIONS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Application of FEM to Problems in soils and rocks. R. GT0709 SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION L 3 T 0 P 0 C 3 UNIT I SOIL-FOUNDATION INTERACTION Introduction to soil . John Wiley and sons. 6. M.. I. London.Heinemann. Thomas Telford. J.. D..T.S. Pvt. 3. Malkus.A. 1998. Description and application to consolidation. D..W.Foundation interaction problems. R. O. K. 1993. 1991. H. Rao. D. Cook. behaviour. Potts. Winkler foundations etc.. 4. and Plesha. 1989. and Kushwaha.. J.L.C. S. Shen.P.N. Rajasekaran. Ltd. 2000.M. seepage. 7. Introduction to non-linearity. McGraw Hill.S. Wheller Publishing. Foundation behaviour. Gupta. Scope of soil-foundation interaction analysis. 2000. Erans.. The Finite Element method. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.. 1984. .. Chadrapati..D. Grostry Lockwood Staples.. 2..M. New Delhi. Finite Element Analysis in Engineering Design. REFERENCES 1. New Delhi. Smith. Rockey. PrenticeHall.. Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis. Inc.. The finite element method in engineering.R.. Programming the Finite Element Method with Application to Geomechanics. Finite difference method. soil response models. Griffiths. Allahabad. S. 1998. Reddy. 9. Butterworth . 1975. A. UNIT II BEAM ON ELASTIC FOUNDATION .. Analysis of beams of finite length. Prentice Hall.F. and Davis. simple solutions. H. Interaction analysis. Hemsley. Elastic Analysis of Raft Foundations. Scott. Thomas Telford. Pile Foundation Analysis and Design. 4. Institution of structural Engineers. 2. Dehit. and pile raft system. Two parameters. J. Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations. 1978. UNIT V LATERALLY LOADED PILE Load deflection prediction for laterally loaded piles. 1988. . 2002. R.State of Art Report. Elastic plastic behaviour. subgrade reaction and elastic analysis. Two parameters. rectangular and circular plates. 1998. REFERENCES 1. Suggested Analysis and Design Procedures for Combined Footings and Mats. UNIT IV ELASTIC ANALYSIS OF PILE Elastic analysis of single pile. Time dependent behaviour. Structure Soil Interaction . Thin and thick plates. basic geotechnics (6th Edition). Prentice Hall. 3. Selvadurai. 6. Classification of finite beams in relation to their stiffness.P. Load distribution in groups with rigid cap. Elastic continuum. D.Winkler.. Numerical analysis of finite plates. John Wiley.F. 1980. solutions through influence charts. Elastic Analysis of Soil Foundation Interaction. 1979. Interaction analysis.S. Theoretical solutions for settlement and load distribution. American Concrete Institute.A. UNIT III PLATE ON ELASTIC MEDIUM Infinite plate. Analysis of pile group. McCarthy. Two parameter elastic models.. A. 5. ACI 336. Foundation Analysis. Analysis of finite plates. E. 1981. Winkler. Isotropic elastic half space. Isotropic elastic medium.H. Poulos. Elsevier.G.SOIL MODELS Infinite beam. UNIT VEARTHQUAKE HAZARD MITIGATION Seismic risk vulnerability and hazard .Dynamic Analysis . Earthquake Response of slopes .Newmark's Study of Block Analysis .One Dimensional Analysis .Rotating mass type excitation .Pseudostatic Analysis .Base excitation .LOCAL SITE EFFECTS AND DESIGN GROUND MOTION Wave propagation Analysis .Basic Definition .scale .Design considerations .Definition of earthquake terms .Evaluation of slope stability .risk mapping . UNIT IVSEISMIC STABILITY ANALYSIS Earthquake .Elastic Rebound theory .Geotechnical .Earthquake Fault sources .Seismic wave in Earthquake shaking . UNIT IIGROUND MOTION CHARACTERISTICS Strong Motion Records -characteristics of ground motion .Equipment linear Analysis site effects .Site Amplification Need for Ground Response Analysis .Evaluation of Dynamic soil properties UNIT IIIGROUND RESPONSE ANALYSIS .Factors influencing ground motion Estimation of frequency content parameters .Case Study.Design Ground Motion .Earth pressure due to ground shaking Evaluation.Different type of foundation and its impact on safety .Locating an earthquake .Seismic analysis.Isolation vibration measuring instruments.Liquefaction Resistance .Governing equation for single degree freedom system Forced vibrations .Developing Design Ground Motion. LiquefactionSusceptibility-Evaluation Cyclic stress approach .Lateral Deformation .Causes of earthquake . Mechanism of Earthquakes .(Seismic site investigations .GT0710 GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING L T 3 0 UNIT IELEMENTS OF EARTHQUAKE SEISMOLOGY AND DYNAMICS P C 0 3 Theory of vibration .Method of analysis .hazard assessment .Architectural . .Structures .Capacity Design .Application of software package Edushake Shake-91.Resistant Design of foundation of buildings .Laboratory and Field Tests with interpretation .Ground Improvement Techniques.Percept of risk .Maintenance and modifications to improve hazard resistance .Quantification of earthquakes. Vibration Analysis and Foundation Dynamics. KameswaraRao. adsorption.L. 2004. international series.New Delhi. GT0711 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNOLOGY L 3 T 0 P 0 C 3 UNIT I SOIL – POLLUTANT INTERACTION Introduction to Geo environmental engineering – environmental cycle – sources. N. KrammerS. 2... Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt. 1998. wheeler Publishing.detoxification – mechanism of .V.. Dynamics soil tests and applications. production and classification of waste – causes of soil pollution – factors governing soil-pollutant interaction – failures of foundations due to pollutants – case studies.S. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. 3. New Delhi. Wheeler Publishing . 2000. prentice hall.REFERENCES 1. UNIT IV WASTE STABILIZATION AND DISPOSAL Hazardous waste control and storage system – stabilization/ solidification of wastes – micro and macro encapsulation – absorption. precipitation. UNIT II SITE SELECTION AND SAFE DISPOSAL OF WASTE Safe disposal of waste – site selection for land fills – characterization of land fill sites – waste characterization – stability of land fills – current practice of waste disposal – passive containment system – application of geo synthetics in solid waste management – rigid or flexible liners UNIT III TRANSPORT OF CONTAMINANTS Contaminant transport in sub surface – advection – diffusion – dispersion – governing equations – contaminant transformation – sorption – biodegradation – ion exchange – precipitation – hydrological consideration in land fill design – ground water pollution – bearing capacity of compacted fills – foundation for waste fill ground – pollution of aquifers by mixing of liquid waste – protecting aquifers. Ltd. KameswaraRao. . W.. K. bio – remediation. P. McGraw Hill. 1975.. Ott. (1995). 3. Wentz. soil heating. Elsevier. verification. B. Arbor. London. 7. incineration.C. Ann.. McGraw Hill.I and II). Theory and Practice. Landfill Waste pollution and Control. Singapore.A. J. bio venting – Ground water remediation – pump and treat. England. 6. Fried. 1989. Geotechnical Practice for waste disposal. Singapore. 1985. soil washing. Hydraulic Barrier in Soil and Rock. Hazardous Waste Management. Westlake. 1978.. Ground Water Pollution.J.L. Hazardous Waste Management. Environmental Indices. Chapman and Hall. C.d. 2.stabilization – organic and inorganic stabilization – utilization of solid waste for soil improvement.R... UNIT V REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS Rational approach to evaluate and remediate contaminated sites – monitored natural attenuation – exsitu and insitu remediation – solidification.E. and Evans.. electro kinetics. 5. 4. ASTM Special Technical Publication 874. reactive well. REFERENCES 1.. Albion Publishing Ltd.Geonets – Geomembranes – Geocomposites – Functions – Reinforcement – Separation – Filtration – Drainage – Barrier Functions. Buckingham. 1986 and 1989. Inc. Proceedings of the International symposium of Environmental Geotechnology (Vol.. GT0712 GEOSYNHETICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING L 3 T 0 P 0 C 3 UNIT I AN OVERVIEW Historical Development – Types of Geosynthetics – Geotextiles – Geogrids. 1994. 1993. 1995. Lagrega. M. J. Environmental Publishing Company. Daniel. 8. air sparging. Durability : Abrasion resistance – Ultraviolet resistance. Engineering with Geosynthetics by G. New Jersey. 1985.VenkatappaRao and G. Construction and Geotechnical Methods in Foundation Engineering by Robert M. 3. Prentice Hall. Koerner. New Delhi. 1990.1989.V. UAS. . UNIT V APPLICATIONS OF GEOSYNTHETICS Use of geosynthetics for filtration and drainage – Use of geosynthetics in roads – Use of renforced soil in Retaining walls – Improvement of bearing capacity – Geosynthetics in land fills. REFERENCES : 1. UNIT IV MECHANICALLY PROPERTIES AND DURABILITY Mechanical Properties : Uniaxial Tensile Strength – Burst and Puncture Strength – Soil Geosynthetic friction tests.SSuryanarayanaRaju – Tata McGraw Hill. Koerner – McGraw Hill. New York.UNIT IIRAW MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS Methods – Polyamide – Polyster – Polyethylene – Polypropylene – Poly Vinyl Chloride – Woven – Monofilament – Multifilament – Slit Filament – Non-Woven – Mechanically bondedChemically bonded – Thermally bonded. 2. Hydraulic properties :Apparent open size – Permittivity – Transmissivity. UNIT III PHYSICAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES Physical properties : Mass per unit area – Thickness – Specific gravity. Designing with Geosynthetics by Robert M. Swami Saran. FU HUA CHEN.RRao. 7.GT0713 FOUNDATION ON EXPANSIVE SOILS L 3 T 0 P 0 C 3 UNIT I GENERAL PRINCIPLES Origin of expansive soils – Physical properties of expansive soils – Mineralogical composition – Identification of expansive soils – Field conditions that favour swelling – Consequences of swelling. Search for Solutions in Expansive Soils. GopalRanjan&A. REFERENCES 1. Jodhapur. 4. . 5. New Delhi. Roorkee. Foundations on Expansive Soils. Analysis and Design of Substructures.S. CBRI. IS : 2720 (Part XLI) – 1977 – Measurement of Swelling Pressure of Soils. Oxford & IBH. UNIT IV FOUNDATIONS ON EXPANSIVE SOILS Belled piers – Bearing capacity and skin friction –Advantages and disadvantages – Design of belled piers – Underreamed piles – Design and construction. 2. UNIT V MODIFICATION OF SWELLING CHARACTERISTICS Lime stabilization – Mechainsms – Limitations – Lime injection – Lime columns – Mixing – Chemical stabilization – Construction. Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics. R. Alam Singh. New Age International Publishers – New Delhi. 3. New York. UNIT III TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING SWELLING Horizontal moisture barriers – Vertical moisture barriers – Surface and subsurface drainage – Prewetting – Soil replacement – Sand cushion techniques – CNS layer technique.K.Katti. Geo-Environ Academia. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company. Modern Geotechnical Engineering. 6. Hand Book on Underreamed and Bored Compaction Pile Foundation. UNIT IISWELLING CHARACTERISTICS Swelling characteristics – Laboratory tests – Prediction of swelling characteristics – Evaluation of heave. UNIT III STRESS STATE VARIABLES AND SHEAR STRENGTH Effective-stress – stress between two spherical particles – Hysteresis in SWCC –stress parameter. stress tensor – stress control by Axis Translation – analyticalrepresentation of stress – volume change characteristics.material variables –constitutive law – suction potential of soil water UNIT II PHYSICS OF SOIL WATER SYSTEM Physical properties of Air and water – partial pressure and relative Humidity Densityof moist air – surface Tension – cavitations of water. Extended Mohr – Coulombcriterion – shear strength parameters – Interpretation of Direct shear test results andTri axial test results – unified representation of failure envelope – Influence of suctionin earth pressure distribution. Transient suction and moisture profiles. . Principles forpore liquid flow – Rate of infiltration.GT0714 MECHANICS OF UNSATURATED SOILS L 3 T 0 P 0 C 3 UNIT I STATE OF UNSATURATED SOIL Definition – Interdisciplinary nature of unsaturated soil – soil classification – Natureand practice – stress profiles.Young Laplace equation – Heightof capillary rise – Rate of capillary rise – capillary pore size distribution – theoreticalbasis – determination – laboratory method.Capillary tube model – contacting sphere model. Solubility of Air in water – Air –water solid interface – vapor pressure lowering – soil water characteristic-curve. UNIT IV STEADY AND TRANSIENT FLOWS Driving mechanism – Permeability and Hydraulic conductivity – capillary barriers –steady infiltration and evaporation – Vapor flow – Air diffusion in water. UNIT V MATERIAL VARIABLE MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING Measurement of total suction – psychrometers – Filter paper measurement of matricsuction – High Air Entry disks – Direct measurements – Tensiometers – Airtranslationtechnique – Indirect measurements – Thermal conductivity sensors –measurement of osmotic suction – squeezing technique – soil water characteristiccurves and Hydraulic conductivity models. stress state variables .Principles for Pore Gas flow – Barometric pumping Analysis. REFERENCES: 1. Radar. Linear Imaging Self Scanner (LISS). J. INC. Ng Charles. air borne and satellite based. thermal infrared scanning systems. seepage and Environmental Geotechnics. Thematic Mapper (TM). .Spectral windows and spectral signatures and their significance in remote sensing. New Jersey. Passive and active remote sensors: Return Beam Videocon (RBV). ASCE. active and passive remote sensing. Spectral and spatial resolution of various remote sensors with special relevance to Indian Remote Sensing satellites.2003. INC. 2004 3. Taylor & Francis Group. New York. 2. Fredlund. components of remote sensing system. Geotechnical specialpublication No.G. W. Likes.W. Advances in unsaturatedsoil. D. UNIT – II Various remote sensing platforms like ground based. 2007. H. Remote sensing satellite orbits. Ning Lu.148. Laureano R. electromagnetic radiations and their interactions with the earth features and atmosphere. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. radiometers. Advanced unsaturated Soil Mechanismand Engineering. Different types of remotely sensed data products. and Rahardjo. Hoyes and Lakshmi Reddi. John Wiley &sons. Soil Mechanics for unsaturated soils. Multi-Spectral Scanners (MSS).. repeativity. image acquisition process. push broom scanners.. Menzies Bruce. Lidar and SAR. 4. GT0715 REMOTE SENSING AND ITS APPLICATION IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING L T P C 3 0 0 3 UNIT – I Definitions and introduction to remote sensing. Radiometric quantities used in the collection of spectral signatures. row/path and ground swath and coverage. JohnWiley & Sons. Ning Lu and William. Ground truth collection and geo-referencing of imagery.J.. New York. Surrey University Press. Advantages of GPS and GIS in the storage thematic information extracted from remotely sensed images. soil. 2. Campbell. Resource mapping for engineering project : selection of sites for construction materials. Application of visible. Space segment.C. radiometry and pre-processing of remotely sensed imagery. London. Remote Sensing and image interpretation by LillesandT. Geographic Information System (GIS). Glasgow. buildings. infra-red and microwave remote sensing for the identification of soil types. GPS observation methods and their advantages over conventional methods.UNIT – III Geometry.Extraction of topographic information from remotely sensed data and generation of digital terrain model from stereo pairs of images.London. Data acquisition. Elements of Satellite based Surveys – Map datums.Digital image classification techniques and extraction of thematic information. Jensen. railways and highways etc. grain size and moisture studies.Characteristics of photographic images. control segement and user segment. GPS receivers. and Matthews M.R. Taylor & Francis.M. using remotely sensed data. Components of GIS. John Wiley and Sons. REFERENCES 1. Geological mapping for the geotechnical investigations of soil strata.W. water resources. . Introductory digital image processing by J. 3.M. Prentice Hall International Ltd. Raster and vector formats. photo-imterpretation keys. by Kennie. scanners and digitizers.Monitoring of areas prone to landslides using remote sensing. Geographical concepts and terminology. UNIT – IV Global Positioning System (GPS) : Introduction & components of GPS. Introduction to remote sensing by J.B. digital model and GIS. T. and Kiefer R. UNIT – V Role of remote sensing and GIS in terrain investigation and advantages over conventional mapping techniques. tone and texture. Remote Sensing in Civil Engineering.Colour. 4. techniques of photo-interpretation.Definition of GIS. REFERENCES 1. 2.GT0715 MARINE FOUNDATIONS L 3 T 0 P 0 C 3 UNIT I MARINE SOILS Origin. 3. Sea bed Recermaissquce and Offshore Soil Mechanics for the installation of petroleum structures. wave and current loads after installation. Unwin Hyman. Oxford & IBH Publishing company Private Ltd. UNIT III DESIGN CRITERIA Environmental loading – wind. Delhi. Swamisaran. Pienne Le Tirrant. Marine Geotechniques. Analysis and Design of Substructures. . H. London.. Hougtan. Gulf Publishing Company. UNIT II OFFSHORE PLATFORMS Introduction of fixed and floating platforms – steel. Texas.Poulos.G. nature and distribution of marine soils – their engineering properties – sampling and sample disturbance – in-situ testing. concrete and hybrid platforms. UNIT IV SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS Site investigation – types of shallow foundation for structures on sea bed – Bearing capacity – effect of eccentric and inclined loads – construction UNIT V DEEP FOUNDATIONS AND ANCHORS Pile foundation – Axial capacity – Lateral capacity – deflections – constructions – anchored foundations.