Geotech Engineering-II Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University B.E. VI SEMESTER CIVIL ENGINEERING SYLLABUS

Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai
Semester: 6th Branch: Civil Engineering
Subject: Geotech Engineering-II Code: 320612 (20)
Total Theory Periods: 50 Total Tutorial Periods: 12
Total Marks in End Semester Exam: 80
Minimum number of class tests to be conducted: 2
Unit 1 STABILITY OF SLOPES
Embankment slopes, examples of embankment, road and earth dams, stability analysis for finite and
infinite slopes concept of factor of safety, friction circle method, method of slices, Bishop’s simplified
method, limiting values of factor of safety; critical conditions for the stability of earth dams.
Unit 2 Earth Pressure
Earth Pressure at rest, active and passive earth pressure, computations using Rankine’s and
Coloumb’s earth pressure theories, Rabhann’s and Culamaan’s graphical method, additional earth
pressure due to surcharge and earthquake loading.
Unit 3 SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS AND SETTLEMENTS
Common types of foundations with examples, brief illustration of situations where each one of them is
adopted, basis for design, review of major soil parameters used in proportioning of shallow
foundations, types and their selection bearing capacity, various method of determination of bearing
capacity, computation of bearing capacity in cohesion less and cohesive soils, effect of various factors
on bearing capacity, use of field test data, limits of settlement, differential and permissible settlement
of footing, rafts on sand using penetration and load test data, estimation of settlement of footing for
rigid and flexible, proportioning of footings.
Unit 4 WELL AND PILE FOUNDATIONS
Various types of caissons Situations where adopted, elements of wells, types, method of construction,
tilt and shift, remedial measures, bearing capacity and settlement, Terzaghi’s lateral stability analysis,
Pile Foundation, their types, criteria of selection of piles, outline of steps involved in proportioning,
bearing capacity and settlement of single and group of piles, design of pile groups and settlement of
pile group in clay, negative skin friction.
Unit 5 MACHINE FOUNDATION, CONTAMINATED AND EXPANSIVE SOIL
Introduction of machine foundation, types of machines and their foundations, Design criteria, Field
methods of determining design Parameters, block vibration test, response of block foundations under
vertical vibrations, I.S. code recommendations and foundation on expansive soil, identification of
expansive soil, contaminated soil, problems associated with contaminated and expansive soil, design
consideration of foundation on expansive soil, CNS soils.
Name of Text Books:
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – B.C. Punmia (Laxmi Publication)
Soil Engineering in Theory and Practice (Vol-II) – Alam Singh (Asia Publishing House, New Delhi)
Name of Reference Books:
Basic and applied Soil Mechanics (Revised Edition) – Gopal Rajan and Rao A.S.R. (New Age, New
Delhi. 1998)
Foundation Engineering (2nd Edition) – Peck,R.B., Hanson (W.E. and Thornburn. W.H. Johan Wiley,
New York 1976)
Foundation design and Construction (5th Edition) – Tomlinson, M.J. (ELBS, Singpore. 1988)
Foundation Analysis and Designing – J.E. Bowles (McGraw Hill, New Delhi)
Soil Engineering in Theory and Practice (Vol. - II) – Alam Singh (Asia Publishing House, New Delhi,
1981)
Physical Methods of Soil Characterisation – J. Behari (Narosa Publishing Hall, New Delhi)