DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

TEACHING PLAN, 2018-2019

Name of Faculty: P. M. Mishra Designation: Asst. Professor

Subject: Geotechnical Engineering Subject Code: 201003
Class: S.E. Civil Marks: 150(50+50+50
Oral
exam)
TH/ PR (Hrs/Week): TH: 04, PR: 02 Total Hrs as per SPPU 48 Hrs
Credits: 05 Extra Lecture requires: 17 Hrs

Lect. No. Month & Week Topics to be Covered Resources Required

1 Prerequisite : Coverage of Syllabus Projector, Laptop, Speaker, Green
and Geotechnical Engineering Board, Chalk, Duster
2 Unit I: Introduction and Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Index Properties: board, Chalk, Duster, Speaker
18th June - Introduction.
3 23rd June Introduction to Geotechnical Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Engineering and its applications board, Chalk, Duster
to Civil Engineering
4 Types of soil structure, major soil Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
deposits of India board, Chalk, Duster
5 Field identification of soils : Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
cohesive and cohesionless soil board, Chalk, Duster
6 Introduction to soil exploration: Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
25th June - objective and purpose. board, Chalk, Duster
7 30rd June Three phase soil system, Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
weight – volume relationships, board, Chalk, Duster
8 Problems on Functional Green board, Chalk, Duster
relationship of soil
9 Index properties of soil: Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Methods of determination and their board, Chalk, Duster
significance
10 2nd July - Problems Green board, Chalk, Duster
11 7th July IS and Unified Soil classification Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
systems board, Chalk, Duster
12 Unit Test-1 Paper
13 Unit II: Permeability and Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Seepage board, Chalk, Duster
Syllabus content
,Introduction, , Soil water
14 9th July – Permeability definition and Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
necessity of its study Darcy’s law, board, Chalk, Duster
14th July factors affecting permeability
15 Laboratory measurement of Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
permeability: Constant head method board, Chalk, Duster
and Falling head method as per IS
2720.
Lect. No. Month & Week Topics to be Covered Resources Required
16 Field test for determination of Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
permeability- Pumping in board, Chalk, Duster
9th July – Test and Pumping out test as per IS
14th July 5529 Part-I. Permeability of
stratified soil deposits
17 Problems on Permeability Green board, Chalk, Duster
18 Seepage and Seepage Pressure, quick Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
sand phenomenon, critical hydraulic board, Chalk, Duster
16th July – gradient
19 21 July Problems. Green board, Chalk, Duster
20 General flow equation for 2-D flow Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
(Laplace equation), board, Chalk, Duster
21 Flow Net, properties and application, Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
board, Chalk, Duster
22 Flow Net construction for flow under Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
sheet pile and earthen dam board, Chalk, Duster, Speaker
23 Unit - 2 Paper
23rd July -
24 28th July Unit III: Compaction and Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Stress Distribution : Syllabus board, Chalk, Duster, Speaker
content, Introduction to
compaction , Comparison
between compaction and
consolidation
25 Compaction tests- Standard Proctor Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
test, Modified Proctor test, Zero air board, Chalk, Duster
void line.
26 Factors affecting compaction. Effect Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
of compaction on soil properties. board, Chalk, Duster
Field compaction methods and
30th July- compaction equipment for different
4th August types of soil
27 Placement water content, Field Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
compaction control- use of board, Chalk, Duster
compaction test result, Proctor needle
in field Compaction control.
28 Problems Green board, Chalk, Duster
30 Stress Distribution in Soils – Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Geostatic stress board, Chalk, Duster
31 Boussinesq’s theory with Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
assumptions for board, Chalk, Duster
point load and circular load,
6th August - 11th Numerical
32 August Pressure Distribution diagram on a Green board, Chalk, Duster
horizontal and vertical plane, Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Pressure bulb and its significance board, Chalk, Duster
33 Westergaard’s theory, equivalent Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
point load method, Approximate board, Chalk, Duster
stress distribution method
34 Unit Test -3 Paper
 35 Unit IV: Shear Strength of Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Soil board, Chalk, Duster
Syllabus content,
13th August – Introduction-Shear strength an
18th August Engineering Property
36 Mohr’s stress circle, Mohr- Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Coulomb failure theory board, Chalk, Duster

Lect. No. Month & Week Topics to be Covered Resources Required

37 The effective stress principle- Total Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
stress, effective stress and board, Chalk, Duster
Neutral stress / pore water pressure.
38 Peak and Residual shear strength, Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
20th August – factors affecting shear board, Chalk, Duster, Speaker
25th August Strength. Stress-strain behaviour of
sands and clays
39 Measurement of Shear Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Strength – Direct Shear test board, Chalk, Duster
40 Triaxial Compression test, Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Unconfined Compression test, Vane board, Chalk, Duster
Shear test with suitability.
41 th
27 August – Different drainage conditions for Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
1st September shear tests. Sensitivity and board, Chalk, Duster
Thixotropy of cohesive soils.
42 Problems Green board, Chalk, Duster
43 Unit Test- 4 Paper
44 Unit V: Earth Pressure : Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Syllabus content, board, Chalk, Duster
Introduction
45 Rankine’s state of Plastic Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Equilibrium in soils- Active and board, Chalk, Duster Paper
3 September – Passive states due to wall movement,
rd
Earth Pressure at rest.
8th September Rankine’s Theory : Earth
46 Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
pressure on Retaining wall due to board, Chalk, Duster Paper
submerged backfill
47 Backfill with uniform surcharge, Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
backfill with sloping surface, layered board, Chalk, Duster Paper
backfill.
48 Problems. Green board, Chalk, Duster Paper
49 10th September – Problems. Green board, Chalk, Duster Paper
50 15th September Coulomb’s Wedge theory Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
board, Chalk, Duster Paper
52 17th September – Rebhann’s and Culmann’s graphical Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
22nd September method of determination of board, Chalk, Duster Paper
Earth pressure.
53 Unit Test - 5 Paper
54 Unit VI: Stability of Slopes Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
and Introduction to Geo- board, Chalk, Duster Paper
environmental engineering :
Syllabus content,
Introduction to Stability of
Slopes
 55 24th September – Classification of slopes and their Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
29th September modes of failure, Taylor’s stability board, Chalk, Duster Paper
number
56 Infinite Slopes in cohesive and Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
cohesion less soil, Numerical board, Chalk, Duster Paper

Lect. No. Month & Week Topics to be Covered Resources Required

57 Landslides- Causes and remedial Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
24th September – Measures. board, Chalk, Duster Paper
58 29th September Introduction to Geo-environmental Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
engineering board, Chalk, Duster Paper
59 Subsurface contamination, Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
contaminant board, Chalk, Duster Paper
transport
60 Effects of subsurface contamination, Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
1st October- Control and remediation, board, Chalk, Duster Paper
6th October Soil- A geochemical trap
61 Detection of polluted zones, Projector, Screen, Laptop, Green
Monitoring effectiveness of designed board, Chalk, Duster Paper
facilities
62 Unit Test -6 Paper
63 Revision Session Discussion
8th August –
64 Revision Session Discussion
13th August
65 Prelim Exam Paper

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