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Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, Civil Engineering Semester 5, Geotechnical Engineering Syllabus
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Unit - 1 Origin Of Soil
Unit 1
Origin of Soil
1.1 Rock Cycle and Origin of Soil
1.2 Clay Mineralogy
1.3 Mechanical analysis of soil
1.4 Grain size distribution curve
1.5 Particle shape and size
1.6 Weight Volume relationships
1.7 Specific gravity Unit Weight Void Ratio Moisture content and relationships
1.8 Relative Density
1.9 Consistency of Soil
1.10 Atterberg limits
1.11 Liquidity index and Consistency index
1.12 Activity
1.13 Soil Structure
1.14 Engineering classification of Soil
1.15 Types of Soil ClassificationIS
1.16 USCS Unified Soil Classification System
1.17 HRB
1.18 ASTM
Unit - 2 Soil Hydraulics
Unit 2
Soil Hydraulics
2.1 Modes of occurrence of water in soil
2.2 Stress condition in soilTotal effective and neutral stresses and relationships
2.3 Permeability
2.4 Bernoulli’s Equation
2.5 Darcy’s law
2.6 Hydraulic Conductivity
2.7 Laboratory Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity
2.8 Factors affecting hydraulic Conductivity
2.9 Equivalent hydraulic conductivity in stratified soil
2.10 Seepage
2.11 Laplace equation of Continuity
2.12 Flow nets
2.13 Seepage calculation from a flow net
2.14 Flow nets in anisotropic soil
2.15 Seepage through earth dam
2.16 Critical Hydraulic gradient and Quick Sand condition
Unit - 3 Soil Compaction
Unit 3
Soil Compaction
3.1 Soil Compaction
3.2 Mechanism and principles
3.3 Laboratory Compaction
3.4 Factors affecting compaction
3.5 Effect of compaction on soil properties
3.6 Field Compaction Techniques
Unit - 4 Stress Distribution
Unit 4
Stress Distribution
4.1 Stress Distribution
4.2 Normal and Shear stresses on a plane
4.3 Boussinesq’s solution for a point load line load strip load uniformly loaded circular and rectangular areas
4.4 Isobar and Pressure Bulb concept
4.5 Stress Distribution on horizontal and vertical planes
4.6 Newmark’s chart and its application
4.7 Contact pressure
4.8 Shear Strength
4.9 Mohr Coulomb failure criterion
4.10 Shear strength parameters and determination Direct and Triaxial shear test
4.11 Unconfined compression test
4.12 Vane shear test
4.13 Other methods of determining the undrained shear strength of soil
4.14 Sensitivity and thixotropy of clay
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