GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING – I
UNIT – 1
Preview of Geotechnical field problems in Civil Engineering, Soil formation, transport
and deposit, Soil composition, Basic definitions, Clay minerals, Index properties, Particle
size analysis, Soil classification. 8
UNIT – 2
Soil-water systems, capillarity-flow, Darcy’s law, permeability, field and lab tests,
piping, quick sand condition, seepage, flow nets, flow through dams, filters.
Soil compaction, water content – dry unit weight relationships, OMC, field compaction
control, Proctor needle method. 8
UNIT – 3
Effective stress principle, Stresses due to applied loads, Boussinesq and Westergaard
equations.
Compressibility and consolidation characteristics, Rate of consolidation, Terzaghi’s one
dimensional theory of consolidation and its applications, Over Consolidation Ratio,
determination of coefficient of consolidation and secondary consolidation (creep),
consolidation under construction loading. 8
UNIT – 4
Shear strength - direct & triaxial shear tests, Mohr – Coulomb strength criterion, drained,
consolidated, undrained and unconsolidated tests, strength of loose and dense sands,
Normally Consolidated and Over Consolidated soils, dilation, pore pressure, Skempton’s
coefficient. 8
UNIT – 5
Stability of slopes with or without pore pressure, limit equilibrium methods, methods of
slices and simplified Bishop method, factor of safety.
Soil stabilization, Introduction to geosynthetics, classification, functions and its field
application. 8
Text Books
1. V.N.S. Murthy – Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Fifth Edition)
2. K.R. Arora – Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
References
1. Alam Singh – Modern Geotechnical Engineering
2. Brij Mohan Das – Geotechnical Engineering
3. I.H. Khan – Text Book of Geotechnical Engineering
4. C. Venkataramaiah – geotechnical Engineering
5. Gopal Ranjan and A.S.R. Rao – Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics
6. G.V. Rao & G.V.S.S. Raju – Engineering with Geosynthetics
Reference http://www.uptu.org
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