Site Investigation: Introduction, Objectives, Planning, Stages, Methods, types of soil samplers and disturbance of soil, Tests.
Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation: Definitions, Methods of determining Bearing Capacity, Modes of shear failure, Terzaghi’s Bearing capacity theory, IS code method, Effect of water table on bearing capacity, Bearing capacity of footing from Standard Penetration Test and Plate Load Test, Factors affecting bearing capacity of foundation.
Consolidation of Soil: Definition, spring analogy, Experimental determination of compressibility properties (coefficients of compressibility, consolidation and compressibility index).
Earth Pressure and Retaining Structure: Type of earth pressures, Earth pressure at rest, Rankine’s analysis for active and passive earth pressure, Coulumb’s theory for earth pressure evaluation, Culmann’s Graphical approach.
Introduction to design earth retaining structures, analysis and design of sheet pile wall.
Stability of Slopes: Introduction, Factor of safety, types of slope failure, causes of failure, stability analysis for infinite slope, stability analysis for finite slope using Swedish circle method, Fellenius line and its use for stability analysis, application of Taylor’s charts, factors affecting the stability of slope and remedial measures.
Pile Foundations: Classification of pile foundations, Determination of pile capacity by static methods, dynamic formulae, Pile capacity by in-situ penetration method, Pile Load Test
Shallow Foundations: Introduction to shallow foundations, Codal Provisions for footings in different situations.
Introduction to Soil Dynamics: Basic Definitions, SDOF and MDOF systems, Determination of natural frequency and damping ratio of the system, application of SDOF to the foundation problems.
2CL302 Surveying 