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This document provides an overview of the CE 513 Advanced Soil Mechanics course taught by Dr. T. Venkata Bharat at IIT Guwahati. The course aims to help students understand and predict soil stress-strain behavior from tests and evaluate soil failure under changing loads. It will cover topics like stress-strain behavior, shear strength, stress paths, critical state soil mechanics, and elastic/plastic deformations. Students will be continuously assessed through online quizzes, assignments, mid-term and final exams. Recommended textbooks and reference materials are also listed.

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Advanced - Soil-Mech - 0 - Course Overview

This document provides an overview of the CE 513 Advanced Soil Mechanics course taught by Dr. T. Venkata Bharat at IIT Guwahati. The course aims to help students understand and predict soil stress-strain behavior from tests and evaluate soil failure under changing loads. It will cover topics like stress-strain behavior, shear strength, stress paths, critical state soil mechanics, and elastic/plastic deformations. Students will be continuously assessed through online quizzes, assignments, mid-term and final exams. Recommended textbooks and reference materials are also listed.

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CE 513 ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS

COURSE OVERVIEW

by

Dr. T. Venkata Bharat, Ph.D.


Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Guwahati, Guwahati-781039
CONTENTS
 Course components
 Instructorsand TAs
 Mode and schedule of lectures

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 Prescribed text and reference materials
 Course link
 On-line, continuous assessments
 Method of Evaluation

 Course objectives
 Course outline: Topics

 Learning outcomes

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COURSE INSTRUCTOR

Dr. T. Venkata Bharat, Ph.D.


Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

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Office: Room# 101, M-Block
Extension # 2417
E-mail: [email protected]

Consulting Hours:
• 1 hour after the class hours on Mon
• ping us in whatsapp group 3
TEACHING ASSISTANTS

TAs
1. Sharad Dadhich 1. G Vishnu

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2. Mansi Jha 2. Edwin Paul
3. Mahima Singh
4. P Damodara Rao

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PRESCRIBED TEXT & REFERENCE
MATERIAL
 Required:
 None.
 Recommended (for reference only):
 Atkinson, J.H. and Bransby, P.L, The Mechanics of Soils: An

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introduction to critical soil mechanics, McGraw Hill, 1978.
 Wood, D.M., Soil Behavior and Critical State Soil Mechanics,
Cambridge University Press, 1990.
 Das, B.M., Advanced Soil Mechanics, Taylor and Francis, 2nd
Edition, 1997
 Craig, R.F., Soil Mechanics, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Ltd., 1987.
 Terzaghi, K., and Peck, R.B., Soil Mechanics in Engineering
Practice, John Wiley & Sons, 1967.
 Lambe, T.W. and Whitman, R.V., Soil Mechanics, John Wiley &
Sons, 1979.
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 Class Notes:
 You gotto make your own notes! 
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
 Assessment methods:
 On-line quizzes with multiple-choice, true/false and quick numerical questions

 Surprise quizzes

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 Assignment(s) based on problem-solving

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EVALUATION SCHEME
 Assignments: 5%
 Online, Offline, & Surprise quizzes: 15%
 Mid-term Examination: 30%
 Final Examination: 40%

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 Lab Evaluation: 10%

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COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Primary Objective:
 To understand & predict the stress–strain characteristics of soils
from soil tests.
 To evaluate the possible soil stress states and failure under

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changing loading conditions
 To estimate whether drained or undrained conditions would be
critical for practical problems
 To estimate failure stresses and strains

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COURSE OUTLINE (3 0 2 8)
 Scope and interest of advanced soil mechanics
 Introduction to stress-strain behavior of soils (~6)

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 Stress state in soil, Tensor representation, Principal Stresses, Mohr Circle of
Stress

 Shear strength of soils (~7)


 Cohesive and cohesionless soils; drained and undrained shear strength of soils,
Significance of pore pressure parameters; Determination of shear strength;
Unsaturated shear strength; Interpretation of triaxial test results; Behavior of
sands; Critical void ratio; Effect of dilation in sands; Different dilation models.

 Stress path (~6)


 Drained and undrained stress path; Stress path with respect to different initial 9
state of the soil; Stress path for different practical situations
COURSE OUTLINE (3 0 2 8)
 Critical state soil mechanics (~7)
 Critical state parameters; Critical state for normally consolidated and
overconsolidated soil; Significance of Roscoe and Hvorslev state boundary

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surface; drained and undrained plane

 Elastic and plastic deformations (~6)


 Elastic wall; introduction to yielding and hardening; yield curve and yield
surface

Quizzes (4-5)

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COURSE OUTLINE (3 0 2 8)
 Classification of soils: Specific gravity, PSD, and Atterberg limits (USCS,
IS, and USDA textural), Van shear test
 Field Density (core cutter, sand replacement and compare)

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 Permeability tests (falling head and constant head)
 Compaction
 Direct shear test, UCS
 Demonstration of UU, CU, and CD tests
 Demonstration of Consolidation and Preconsolidation pressure
determination
 Demonstration of unsaturated soil tests
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 Demonstration of field permeability tests (Guelph permeameter, Double-
ring infiltrometer)
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Thank You
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