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CE 5401 |
Engineering Properties of Soil |
Credits: 4.5 |
CE 5402 |
Engineering Geology |
Credits: 4.0 |
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Outline: Mass volume relationships, clay minerals and plasticity, classification of soils, compaction, Effective stress concept, Flow of water through soils, Consolidation of soils, Shear strength of soils, critical state concepts, Behaviour of residual soils and peaty clay |
Outline: Improvement of soft clay & peaty clay by; preloading, use of vertical drains, vacuum consolidation, electro osmosis, deep mixing, granular columns, dynamic compaction. Use of geosynthetics, vibrofloatation, overcoming problems in expansive soils, Recent innovations in ground improvement techniques. |
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CE 5403 |
Geotechnical Investigations |
Credits: 3.0 |
CE 5404 |
Design of Dewatering Systems |
Credits: 2.0 |
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Outline: Planning a site Investigation, Different methods of Exploration and sampling, conduct and interpretation of insitu tests; Standard Penetration Test, Cone penetration test, Vane shear test, Field Permeability tests, Pressuremeter test, Specifications for Site Investigations and Writing reports |
Outline: Types of foundations, failure mechanisms and estimation of bearing capacity under different conditions, Estimation of immediate and long-term settlements, Factor of safety and allowable bearing capacity, Plate bearing test, Estimation of modulus of subgrade reaction, foundations on unsaturated soils, Construction of shallow foundations |
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CE 5405 |
Earth Retaining Systems |
Credits: 4.0 |
CE 5406 |
Ground Improvement Techniques |
Credits: 2.5 |
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Outline: Earth Pressure Computation, Design of; Gravity Retaining Structures, Embedded Retaining Structures, soldier pile walls, Reinforced Concrete Retaining Structures, Reinforced Earth, Anchored Earth and Soil Nailing, Maintenance and Monitoring. |
Outline: Improvement of soft clay & peaty clay by; preloading, use of vertical drains, vacuum consolidation, electro osmosis, deep mixing, granular columns, dynamic compaction. Use of geosynthetics, vibrofloatation, overcoming problems in expansive soils, Recent innovations in ground improvement techniques. |
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CE 5407 |
Design and Construction of Shallow Foundations |
Credits: 3.0 |
CE 5408 |
Structural Design of Foundations |
Credits: 2.5 |
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Outline: Types of foundations, failure mechanisms and estimation of bearing capacity under different conditions, Estimation of immediate and long-term settlements, Factor of safety and allowable bearing capacity, Plate bearing test, Estimation of modulus of subgrade reaction, foundations on unsaturated soils, Construction of shallow foundations |
Outline: Types of deep foundations, Estimation of carrying capacity by; soil characteristics, insitu tests, wave equation and pile driving analyser, pile load tests, driving formulae. Negative skin friction, Design of single pile and pile groups, design of laterally loaded piles, construction of piles |
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CE 5409 |
Design and Construction of Deep Foundations |
Credits: 4.0 |
CE 5410 |
Computer Applications in Design of Foundations and Earth Retaining Systems |
Credits: 3.5 |
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Outline: Types of deep foundations, Estimation of carrying capacity by; soil characteristics, insitu tests, wave equation and pile driving analyser, pile load tests, driving formulae. Negative skin friction, Design of single pile and pile groups, design of laterally loaded piles, construction of piles |
Outline: Boundary value problems, finite element method under small displacement & infinitesimal strain theory, Stress & strain analysis in a continuum, Constitutive relations for geo-materials, Seepage in soils, earth retaining systems, slope stability & foundation-soil interaction analysis by finite element software. |
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CE 5411 |
Design Project |
Credits: 4.0 |
CE 5412 |
Research Seminar |
Credits: 2.0 |
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Outline: An approved comprehensive design project done with a group of maximum of four candidates under the supervision of a staff member. |
Outline: Active participation in specially arranged research seminars. |
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CE 5414 |
Rock Mechanics |
Credits: 3.0 |
CE 5415 |
Slope Engineering |
Credits: 4.0 |
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Outline: Rock as an engineering material, rock mass classification, stereographic projections, Stability of rock slopes and exposed surfaces, Physical and mechanical properties of rock and determination in lab and insitu, correlations between properties, Stress-strain and deformation in rock, constitutive relations, Foundations on rock |
Outline: Modes of Slope instability, Deterministic Methods of Stability Analysis, Time Dependence of Stability, Probabilistic Methods of analysis, Landslide Hazard Zonation, Effects of vegetation, Stabilization of slopes, Site Specific and global monitoring of Slopes |
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CE 5490 |
Dissertation (for M.Sc.) |
Credits: 20.0 |
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Outline: An approved individual research project, done under the supervision of a staff member, and to be evaluated by a dissertation and an oral examination. |
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