Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE6135 : Ground Water and Flow Through Porous Media { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Rabi Narayan Behera
Syllabus
: Modes of occurrence of water in soils. Adsorbed water, capillary water, Capillary potential, Capillary tension and soil suction. Effective and Neutral pressures in soil Flow through porous Media: Darcy’s law and measurement of permeability in laboratory and field. Steady State flow solutions of LaPlace’s equation, Plane problems, 3-dimensional problems, Partial cut-offs, uplift pressure, consolidation theory –one and three dimensional consolidation .Secondary consolidation Ground water Hydraulics: Water table in regular materials, Geophysical exploration for locating water table. Confined water, Equilibrium conditions, Non-equilibrium conditions, Water withdrawal from streams, Method of ground water imaging.
Course Objectives
- Able to apply engineering knowledge
- Problem analysis skill will be enhanced
- Design/development of solutions for complex engineering problems
- Able to carry out investigations of complex problems
Course Outcomes
1. Learn the different modes of occurences of water in soils. <br />2. Understand Darcy,s Law, effective pressures in soil, steady state flow solution of Laplace equations. <br />3. Application of the principles of 3-dimensional problems, partial cut-offs, uplift pressure and Consolidation theory of soil.
Essential Reading
- D.K.Todd, Groundwater Hydrology, John wiley and Sons , New Jersey, USA
- H.M. Raghunath, Ground Water, Willy Eastern Ltd. , Noida, India
Supplementary Reading
- P. P. Raj, Geotechnical Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill , New York,USA
- C.Fitts., Ground Water Science, Elsevier Publications , U. S. A