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Unit - 1 Origin And Classification

Unit 1

Origin and Classification

1.1 Origin and Classification

1.2 Preview of Geotechnical field problems in Civil Engineering

1.3 Soil Formation

1.4 Transport and Deposits

1.5 Soil Composition

1.6 Basic definitions

1.7 Weight Volume Relationships

1.8 Clay Minerals

1.9 Soil Structure

1.10 Index Properties

1.11 Sensitivity and Thixotropy

1.12 Particle Size analysis

1.13 Unified and Indian Standard soil classification system

Unit - 2 Soil Hydraulics

Unit 2

Soil Hydraulics

2.1 Stress Condition in Soil Total Effective neutral stresses relationships

2.2 Permeability

2.3 Darcy’s law

2.4 Hydraulic Conductivity

2.5 Equivalent Hydraulic Conductivity in Stratified soil

2.6 Seepage

2.7 Flow Nets

2.8 Seepage calculation from a Flow net

2.9 Flow nets in anisotropic soil

2.10 Seepage through Earth dam

2.11 Capillarity

2.12 Critical Hydraulic Gradient or Quick Sand condition

2.13 Uplift Pressure

2.14 Piping

Unit - 3 Soil Compaction

Unit 3

Soil Compaction

3.1 Soil Compaction

3.2 Water content–Dry unit weight relationship

3.3 Factors Controlling Compaction

3.4 Field Compaction Equipment

3.5 Field Compaction Control or Proctor Needle Method

3.6 Consolidation

3.7 Primary and Secondary Consolidation

3.8 Terzaghi’s one dimensional theory of consolidation

3.9 Consolidation test

3.10 Normal and Over consolidated soil

3.11 Over Consolidation Ratio

3.12 Determination of Coefficient of Consolidation

Unit - 4 Stress Distribution In Soil

Unit 4

Stress Distribution in Soil

4.1 Stress Distribution in soil

4.2 Elastic constant of soil their determination

4.3 Boussinesq’s Equation for vertical stress

4.4 The Westergaard’s Equation

4.5 Stress Distribution under loaded areas

4.6 Concept of Pressure Bulb

4.7 Contact Pressure

4.8 Shear strength

4.9 MohrCoulomb Failure Criteria

4.10 Shear Strength Parameters DeterminationDirect and Triaxial Shear Test

4.11 Unconfined Compression test

4.12 Pore pressure

4.13 Skempton’s pore pressure coefficients

4.14 Soil Liquefaction

Unit - 5 Earth Pressure

Unit 5

Earth Pressure

5.1 Earth Pressure

5.3 Inclined Backfill

5.4 Graphical methods of earth pressure determination

5.5 Stability of Slopes

5.6 Finite Infinite slopes

5.7 Types of Slope failure

5.8 Culmann’s method Method of Slices

5.9 Stability Number chart

5.10 Bishop’s Method

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