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SECTION-A  DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

BASICS OF SOIL MECHANICS DOWNLOAD HERE

Unit-I: Soil Formation and Composition HERE

• Introduction,
  
• Soil and rock,
  
• Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering,
  
• origin of soils, weathering,
  
• soil formation,
  
• major soil deposits of India,
  
• particle size, particle shape, inter-particle  forces,
  
• soil structure,
  
• principal clay minerals
  

 
Unit-II: Basic Soil Properties

• Introduction,
  
• three  phase  system,  
  
• weight-volume  relationships,
  
•  soil  grain  properties,  
  
• soil  aggregate properties,
  
• grain size analysis,
  
• sieve analysis,
  
• sedimentation analysis,
  
• grain size distribution curves,
  
• Consistency of soils,
  
• consistency limits and their determination,
  
• activity of clays,
  
• relative density of sands.
  

Unit-III: Classification of soils

• Purpose of classification,
  
• classification on the basis of grain size,
  
• classification on the basis of plasticity,
  
• plasticity chart, Indian Standard Classification System.
  

Unit-IV: Permeability of Soils  DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Introduction,
  
• Darcy`s law and its validity,
  
• discharge velocity and seepage velocity,
  
• factors affecting permeability,
  
• laboratory determination of coefficient of permeability,
  
• determination of field permeability,
  
• permeability of stratified deposits.
  

 

SECTION-B

Unit-IV: Effective Stress Concept DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Principle of effective stress,
  
• effective stress under hydrostatic conditions,
  
• capillary rise in soils,
  
• effective stress in the zone of capillary rise,
  
• effective stress under steady state hydro-dynamic conditions,
  
• seepage force, quick condition, critical hydraulic gradient,
  
• two dimensional flow, Laplace`s equation,
  
• properties and utilities of flow net,
  
• graphical method of construction of flow nets,
  
• piping, protective filter
  

 
Unit-V: Compaction DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Introduction,
  
• role of moisture and compactive effect in compaction,
  
• laboratory determination of optimum moisture  content, 
  
• moisture  density relationship,  
  
• compaction  in field,
  
• compaction  of cohesionless  soils,
  
• moderately cohesive soils and clays,
  
• field control of compaction.
  

 SECTION-C

Unit-VI: Vertical Stress Below Applied Loads 

• Introduction, 
  
• Boussinesq`s  equation,
  
• vertical stress distribution diagrams,
  
• vertical stress beneath loaded areas,
  
• Newmark`s influence chart,
  
• approximate stress distribution methods for loaded areas,
  
• Westergaard`s analysis,
  
• contact pressure.
  

Unit-VII: Compressibility and Consolidation DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE AND CONSOLIDATION HERE
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• Introduction,  
  
• components of total settlement,
  
• consolidation  process, one-dimensional  consolidation  test,
  
• typical void ratio-pressure relationships for sands and clays,
  
• normally consolidated and over consolidated clays,
  
• Casagrande`s graphical method of estimating pre-consolidation pressure,
  
• Terzaghi`s theory of one- dimensional   primary   consolidation,   
  
• determination   of   coefficients   of   consolidation,   consolidation settlement,
  
• Construction period settlement, secondary consolidation.
  

 

SECTION-D

Unit-VIII: Shear Strength DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE
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• Introduction,
  
• Mohr stress circle, Mohr-Coulomb failure-criterion,
  
• relationship between principal stresses at failure,
  
• shear tests, direct shear test,
  
• unconfined compression  test,
  
• tri-axial compression  tests, drainage conditions  and  strength  parameters,  
  
• Vane  shear test,  shear  strength  characteristics  of sands,  
  
• normally consolidated clays,
  
• over-consolidated clays and partially saturated soils, sensitivity and thixotropy.
  

Unit-IX: Earth Pressure DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Introduction,
  
•  earth pressure at rest,
  
• Rankine`s active & passive states of plastic equilibrium,  
  
• Rankine`s earth pressure  theory,  
  
• Coulomb`s  earth  pressure  theory, 
  
• Culmann`s  graphical  construction,  Rebhann`s construction.
  

 

Books Recommended:

1.Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics by Gopal Ranjan, ASR Rao, New Age Intetrnational(P)Ltd.Pub.N.Delhi.
2. Soil Engg. in Theory and Practice, Vol .I, Fundamentals and General Principles by Alam Singh, CBS Pub.,N.Delhi.
3. Engg.Properties of Soils by S.K.Gulati, Tata-Mcgraw Hill,N.Delhi.
4. Geotechnical Engg. by P.Purshotam Raj,Tata Mcgraw Hill.
5. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering by B.M.Das,PWS KENT, Boston.