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SYLLABUS
UNIT-I
Soil Exploration : Need – Methods of soil exploration – Boring and Sampling methods – Field tests – Penetration Tests – Plate load test – Pressure meter – Planning of Programme and preparation of soil investigation report.
UNIT-II
Earth Slope Stability : Infinite and finite earth slopes – Types of failures – Factor of safety of infinite slopes – Stability analysis by Swedish arc method, Standard method of slices, Bishop’s Simplified method – Taylor’s Stability Number – Stability of slopes of earth dams under different conditions.
UNIT-III
Earth Pressure Theories : Rankine’s theory of earth pressure – Earth pressures in layered soils – Coulomb’s earth pressure theory – Rehbann’s and Culmann’s graphical methods. Retaining Walls : Types of Retaining walls – Stability of retaining walls.
UNIT-IV
Shallow Foundations : Types – Choice of foundation – Location of depth – Safe Bearing Capacity – Terzaghi’s, Meyerhoff’s and Skempton’s Methods Allowable Bearing Pressure : Safe bearing pressure based on N – value – Allowable bearing pressure; safe bearing capacity and settlement from plate load test – Allowable settlements of structures – Settlement Analysis.
UNIT-V
Pile Foundation : Types of piles – Load carrying capacity of piles based on static pile formulae – Dynamic pile formulae – Pile load tests – Load carrying capacity of pile groups in sands and clays – Settlement of pile groups. Well Foundations : Types – Different shapes of wells – Components of wells – Functions and Design Criteria – Sinking of wells – Tilts and shifts.
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