geotechnology syllabus and notes of mdu btech 6th semester with index

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SECTION-A

Unit-I: Stability of slopes DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Causes of failure,
  
• factors of safety,
  
• stability analysis of slopes-total stress analysis,
  
• effective stress analysis,
  
• stability of infinite slopes types of failures of finite slopes,
  
• analysis of finite slopes-
  
• mass procedure,
  
• method of slices,
  
• effect of pore pressure,
  
• Fellinius method to locate centre of most critical slip circle,
  
• friction circle method,
  
• Tayler's stability number,
  
• slope stability of earth dam during steady seepage,
  
• during sudden draw down and during and at the end ofconstruction.
  

SECTION-B

Unit-Il Braced Cuts DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Depth of unsupported vertical cut,
  
• sheeting and bracing for deep excavation,
  
• movements associated with sheeting,
  
• and bracing,
  
• modes of failure of braced cuts,
  
• pressure distribution behind sheeting.
  

Unit-III : Cofferdams DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Introduction,
  
• types of cofferdams,
  
• design and lateral stability of braced cofferdams,
  
• design data for Cellular cofferdams,
  
• stability analysis of cellular cofferdams on soil and rock,
  
• inter-lockstresses.
  

SECTION-C

Unit-IV: Cantilever Sheet Piles DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Purpose of sheet piles,
  
• cantilever sheet piles,
  
• depth of embedment in granular soils-
  
• rigorous method Simplified procedure,
  
• cantilever sheet pile, penetrating clay,
  
• limiting height of wall.
  

Unit-V- Anchored Bulkheads DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Methods of design,
  
• free earth support method in cohesionless and cohesive soils,
  
• fixed earth support method in cohesionless soils-Slum's equivalent beam method.
  

SECTION-D

Unit-VI: Soil Stabilization DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Soil improvement,
  
• shallow compaction,
  
• mechanical treatment,
  
• use of admixtures,
  
• limestabilization
  
• cement stabilization,
  
• lime fly ash stabilization,
  
• dynamic compaction and consolidation,
  
• Bituminous stabilization,
  
• chemical stabilization,
  
• pre-compression, lime pile and column,
  
• stone column, grouting
  
• reinforced earth. . '
  

Unit-VII: Basics of Machine Foundations DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE

• Terminology,
  
• characteristics elements of a vibratory systems,
  
• analysis of vibratory motions of  a single decree freedom system-undamped free vibrations,
  
• undamped forced vibrations,
  
• criteria for satisfactory action of a machine foundation,
  
• degrees of a freedom of a block foundation,
  
• Barken’s soil spring constant,
  
• Barken's method of a determining natural frequency of a block foundation subjected to vertical oscillations.
  

Books Recommended:

• 1. Analysis and Design of Sub Structures by Swami Saran, IBH Oxford
  
• 2.  Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics by Gopal Ranjan and ASR Rao, Newage
  
• Int.Pub.
  
• 3.  Soil Dynamic by Shamsher Prakash, McGraw Hi l l  
  
• 4.  Foundation Design by Teng, Prentice Hall
  
• 5.  Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering by Bharat Singh, Shamsher Prakash, Nem
  
• Chand & Bros, Roorkee.
  
• 6. Analysis and Design of Foundation and Ret ai ning Struct ure by S.Prakash, Gopal Ranjan S.Saran, Sarita
  
  

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