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This document provides an overview of the course content for CE-321 Geotechnical Engineering-II. The key topics covered include shear strength of soils, stress distribution in soils, settlement analysis, earth pressures, bearing capacity of soils, foundation engineering, slope stability, earth and rock fill dams, and soil improvement. Methods for determining shear strength, stress distributions, settlements, bearing capacity, and slope stability are discussed.

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Course Contant Geotec Ii

This document provides an overview of the course content for CE-321 Geotechnical Engineering-II. The key topics covered include shear strength of soils, stress distribution in soils, settlement analysis, earth pressures, bearing capacity of soils, foundation engineering, slope stability, earth and rock fill dams, and soil improvement. Methods for determining shear strength, stress distributions, settlements, bearing capacity, and slope stability are discussed.

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COURSE CONTANT

CE-321 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING-II


Shear Strength: Concept, parameters, Coulomb's law, shear strength of cohesive and non-cohesive
soils. Factors affecting shear strength of soil and its applications in engineering. Laboratory and field
tests for determination of shear strength.

Stress Distribution in Soils: Geo-static stresses, Total stress and pore pressure, Effective stress,
Vertical stresses induced due to structural loads: Westergaurd and Boussinesq's theories. Pressure bulb,
Stress distribution diagrams on horizontal and vertical planes. Stress at a point outside the loaded area,
Newmark's influence charts, Fadum, Steinnbrenner charts.

Settlement Analysis: Definition, total settlement, differential settlement, angular distortion,


consolidation settlement, elastic or immediate settlement. Settlement calculations, primary and
secondary consolidation settlements, immediate settlement of cohesive and non-cohesive soils. Causes
of settlements and methods of controlling settlement. Limits of allowable, total and differential
settlement.

Earth Pressures: Definition, pressure at rest, active and passive earth pressures. Coulomb's and
Rankine's theories. Trial wedge and Culmann's method. Earth pressure diagrams for different
configurations loading.

Bearing Capacity of Soils: Definition of ultimate and safe bearing capacities, allowable bearing
capacity, gross and net bearing capacities, Methods of obtaining bearing capacity:

* Presumptive values from codes; merits and demerits,

* From plate toad test,

* Bearing capacity theories,

* Bearing capacity from SPT and CPT data.

Introduction to Foundation Engineering:


Slope Stability: Types of slopes, Factors affecting stability and remedies. Types of failure Methods of
analysis; Swedish circular method, Taylor's slope stability number and Bishop's Methods.

Earth and Rock Fill Dams: Definition of an earth dam, types of earth and rock fill dams,
Components of an earth dam and their functions. General design considerations and typical cross-
sections.

Introduction to Soil Improvement.

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