Syllabus

Module 1: Landslide phenomenon: Types and causes of slope failures, Practical applications, Stability analysis of infinite slopes with or without water pressures, Stability analysis of finite and Infinite slopes: concept of factor of safety, pore pressure coefficients, Mass analysis, Wedge methods, friction circle method, Method of slices, Bishop’s method [10 hours]
Module 2: Effect of seepage, steady state seepage, submerged and sudden draw down conditions, Pseudo-static analysis of slopes [5 hours]
Module 3: Design of slopes in cutting, Embankments and Earth dams, Use of stability charts [6 hours]
Module 4: Site Investigation: Reconnaissance, Preliminary and detailed investigation, Investigation for foundations [6 hours]
Module 5: Advances in stability analysis of slopes like Janbu's Rigorous method, Bishop's Rigorous method of stability analysis. [9 hours]

Able to understand and analyze various slope failure issues and suggest appropriate remedial measures

Able to design various types of soil and rock slopes, earth dams, high embankments under various conditions

Able to know the different analytical methods for prediction of Stability of Slopes

Able to predict the stability analysis by various rigorous methods and under Seismic conditions

1. Able to understand the mechanism of slope failure for various types of slopes
2. To Study the different analytical methods for prediction of Stability of Infinite Slopes
3. To Study the different analytical methods for prediction of Stability of Finite Slopes
4. To predict of the slope stability by various rigorous methods and under static and seismic forces
5. Able to design various types of soil and rock slopes, earth dams, high embankments under various conditions

B M Das, Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Thomson Brooks/Cole

L. W Abramson, T. S Lee, S Sharma and G M Boyce, Slope Stability and Stabilization Methods, Willey Interscience publications

T W. Lambe and R V Whitman, Soil Mechanics, John Wiley & sons

V N S Murthy, Principles of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, UBS Publishers Private Ltd.

1. ASCE Civil Engineering