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Lesson Plan Synergy Institute of Engineering and Technology

The document is a lesson plan for a Geotechnical Engineering course covering 52 lectures over 3 semesters. The course covers topics including the origin and properties of soils, soil classification, soil hydraulics, permeability, seepage, compaction, consolidation, stresses in soils, shear strength, and slope stability. Recommended textbooks are listed and each lecture provides details of topics to be covered, proposed and actual teaching dates, and any slippages in schedule or coverage.

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Lesson Plan Synergy Institute of Engineering and Technology

The document is a lesson plan for a Geotechnical Engineering course covering 52 lectures over 3 semesters. The course covers topics including the origin and properties of soils, soil classification, soil hydraulics, permeability, seepage, compaction, consolidation, stresses in soils, shear strength, and slope stability. Recommended textbooks are listed and each lecture provides details of topics to be covered, proposed and actual teaching dates, and any slippages in schedule or coverage.

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LESSON PLAN SYNERGY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING


SUBJECT CODE PCI3I102
ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019
SEMESTER 3rd
DATE OF COMMENCMENT &
LAST DATE OF INSTRUCTION
SECTION / BRANCH CIVIL ENGINEERING
FACULTY NAME ATISH KUMAR DAS
LECTURE DURATION 55 Minutes
1. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering by Braja M. Das, Cengage
Learning
2. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by B. C Punmia et al.,
Laxmi Publications
BOOKS RECOMMENDED
Pvt Ltd
3. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, by K.R. Arora, Stanard
Publishers

LECTURE MODULE PROPOSED TAUGHT SLIPPAGE % COURSE


DETAILS OF TOPIC TO BE TAUGHT REMARKS
NO. NO. DATE DATE IF ANY COVERAGE

i BRIDGE COURSE
ii BRIDGE COURSE
I
iii BRIDGE COURSE
iv BRIDGE COURSE

Origin of Soil and Grain Size: Rock


1
Cycle and the origin of soil
soil particle size, clay
2
minerals
mechanical analysis of soil, grain
3
size distribution curve
particle shape, weight
4
volume relationships,
, specific gravity, unit weight, void
5
ratio, moisture content,
6 POBLEMS
specific gravity, unit weight, void
7 ratio, moisture content,
relationships
8 POBLEMS
Consistency of soil: Atterberg limits
9
- liquid limit
10 , plastic
limit, shrinkage limit. Liquidity
index and consistency index
Engineering classification of soil: IS,
11
USCS, HRB and ASTM.
12 POBLEMS
13 POBLEMS

Soil Hydraulics: Modes of


14
occurrence of water in soil
Stress conditions in soil- total,
15 effective and neutral stresses and
relationships.
16 POBLEMS

17 Permeability - Bernaulli's equation,


Darcy's
Law, hydraulic conductivity, equivalent
hydraulic conductivity in stratified soil.
18 laboratory determination of hydraulic
conductivity
19 POBLEMS
20 Seepage- Laplace equation of
continuity, flow nets,
21 seepage calculation from a flow net,
flow nets in anisotropic soils
22 seepage through earth
dam, critical hydraulic gradient and
quick sand condition.
23 POBLEMS

24 Soil Compaction: mechanism and


principles, Standard and Modified Proctor
Test
25 factors
affecting compaction, effect of compaction
on soil properties
26 field compaction techniques
27 Consolidation of soils: Consolidation and
compaction, primary and secondary
consolidation,
28 Terzhaghi's theory of one dimensional
consolidation
29 consolidation test,
determination of coefficient of
consolidation
30 POBLEMS

31 Stresses in Soil: Normal and shear stresses ona


plane, Boussinesq's solution for a point load
32 line load, strip load, uniformly loaded
circular and rectangular areas, Isobar and
pressure bulb concept,
33 stress distribution on
horizontal and vertical planes,
34 Newmark's chart and its application, contact
pressure.
35 POBLEMS

36 Shear Strength: Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion


37 shear strength parameters and
determination: direct and tri-axial shear test
38 tri-axial shear test,
39 unconfined compression test, vane shear test
40 POBLEMS
41 POBLEMS
42 Other methods of determining the un-drained
shear strength of soil, sensitivity and
thixotropy of clay

43 Stability of Slopes: Terminology, stability of finite


and infinite slopes,
Swedish slip circle method
44 friction circle method of analysis of slopes
45 Taylor stability
Number and stability curves, Bishops Method.
46 PROBLEMS
47 PROBLEMS
48 PROBLEMS

49 BPUT SOLVED QUESTIONS

50 BPUT SOLVED QUESTIONS

51 DOUBT CLEARING

52 DOUBT CLEARING

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