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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