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QUESTION PAPERS:-
SYLLABUS:-
UNIT I
Sub surface exploration: Types of soil and rock sample, Indirect, direct and semidirect methods of sub surface exploration; Routine field tests, Location, spacing and depth of borings.
Bearing capacity of soils: Bearing capacity criteria and factors affecting it, Modes of shear failure, Theories of Bearing capacity, Foundation Pressures, Permissible settlements, Allowable bearing pressure, Field tests to estimate bearing capacity.
Shallow foundations: Types of shallow foundations, selection of type of foundation, location and depth of foundation, causes of settlement, settlement analysis, Design of shallow foundations, design of combined footings, Mat foundations.
UNIT II
Deep foundations : Classification of Piles, Pile driving equipment, calculation of bearing capacity of a single pile, Under-reamed piles, Pile groups, Uplift and Lateral resistance of piles, Inclined loading of piles, pile cap.
Drilled Piers: Types and uses, bearing capacity, settlement, construction procedures.
Caissons: Types, uses and construction procedures.
UNIT III
Lateral Earth Pressure : Limit analysis and Limit Equilibrium methods, Earth pressure at rest, Rankine’s states of Plastic equilibrium, Earth pressure theories, Graphical methods to determine magnitude and location of resultant earth pressure; Concept of Arching of soils and braced cuts.
Earth retaining structures: Gravity type retaining walls: Proportioning retaining walls, stability requirements, backfill materials and drainage; Joints in retaining walls; Cantilever and Anchored sheet pile walls, Braced excavations.
UNIT IV
Stability of slopes: Short and long term failures, causes of failure, Types of landslides and slope movements, factor of safety, Concept of slope stability analysis, Infinite and finite slopes and their analysis, Selection of shear strength parameters, slope protection measures.
Soil improvement techniques: Compaction, Drainage and vibration methods, Precompression and consolidation, grouting and injection; Chemical stabilization, Geomembranes and geotextiles.
Environmental Geotechnology: Environmental and Natural cycles, Environmental imbalance, contaminated soils, Load environment design criteria.
SYLLABUS:-
UNIT I
Sub surface exploration: Types of soil and rock sample, Indirect, direct and semidirect methods of sub surface exploration; Routine field tests, Location, spacing and depth of borings.
Bearing capacity of soils: Bearing capacity criteria and factors affecting it, Modes of shear failure, Theories of Bearing capacity, Foundation Pressures, Permissible settlements, Allowable bearing pressure, Field tests to estimate bearing capacity.
Shallow foundations: Types of shallow foundations, selection of type of foundation, location and depth of foundation, causes of settlement, settlement analysis, Design of shallow foundations, design of combined footings, Mat foundations.
UNIT II
Deep foundations : Classification of Piles, Pile driving equipment, calculation of bearing capacity of a single pile, Under-reamed piles, Pile groups, Uplift and Lateral resistance of piles, Inclined loading of piles, pile cap.
Drilled Piers: Types and uses, bearing capacity, settlement, construction procedures.
Caissons: Types, uses and construction procedures.
UNIT III
Lateral Earth Pressure : Limit analysis and Limit Equilibrium methods, Earth pressure at rest, Rankine’s states of Plastic equilibrium, Earth pressure theories, Graphical methods to determine magnitude and location of resultant earth pressure; Concept of Arching of soils and braced cuts.
Earth retaining structures: Gravity type retaining walls: Proportioning retaining walls, stability requirements, backfill materials and drainage; Joints in retaining walls; Cantilever and Anchored sheet pile walls, Braced excavations.
UNIT IV
Stability of slopes: Short and long term failures, causes of failure, Types of landslides and slope movements, factor of safety, Concept of slope stability analysis, Infinite and finite slopes and their analysis, Selection of shear strength parameters, slope protection measures.
Soil improvement techniques: Compaction, Drainage and vibration methods, Precompression and consolidation, grouting and injection; Chemical stabilization, Geomembranes and geotextiles.
Environmental Geotechnology: Environmental and Natural cycles, Environmental imbalance, contaminated soils, Load environment design criteria.