Syllabus

Module 1 Origin and structure of soils : (8 Hours)
Origin of soil and its types, mineralogy, and structure of clay minerals, X-ray and Differential Thermal analysis, Structure of coarse-grained soil, the behavior of granular and cohesive soils with respect to their water content.
Module 2 Flow and consolidation (8 Hours)
Steady-State flow, 2D and 3D seepage, Transient flow. Compressibility and rate of consolidation, one, two, and three-dimensional consolidation theories. Sand drains.
Module 3 Strength Properties (8 Hours)
Shear strength: Basic concepts, Shear strength characteristics of cohesive and cohesionless soils, Mohr-Coulomb theory, Mohr’s circle, Stress path, UU, CU, and CD tests, Estimation of pore water pressure, Dilatancy, Critical void ratio, and Liquefaction of soil. Analysis of critical conditions for geotechnical structures.
Module 4 Failure Theories (8 Hours)
Elastic and plastic analysis of soil: Failure theories applicable to particulate materials, Constitutive relationships of soil.
Module 5 Critical state soil mechanics: (4 Hours)
Introduction, Critical State Line, Hvorslev Surface, Yield Surfaces.

Identification and characterization of different types of soil, their engineering behaviour and propose costitutive models to represent their behaviour

* Evaluation of compressibility characteristics of soil and estimation of settlement

* Evaluation of strength parameters of soil and factors influencing the same

* Understanding the failure mechanism and modelling the soil behaviour

At the end of the course, the students will able to:
1. Understand the process of soil formation and their engineering behavior
2. Analyze seepage flow and evaluate the consolidation settlement of structures
3.Evaluate the shear strength of soil and examine the stability of geotechnical structures.
4. Identify the critical conditions of Geotechnical structures
5. Assess the constitutive models to representing their behavior

R F Scott, Principles of Soil Mechanics, Addison & Wesley

T. W. Lambe and R. V. Whitman, Soil Mechanics, Wiley Eastern

B M Das, Advanced Soil Mechanics, Taylor and Francis

Mitchell, James K, Fundamentals of Soil Behaviour, John Wiley and Sons