In-house Content
| Course | BE-Civil Engineering |
|---|---|
| Faculty Name | Dr. H B NAGARAJ |
| Subject Name | Geotechnical Engineering |
| Subject Code | 20CV5PCGTE |
| S.No | File Name | File |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lateral Earth pressure-1: 1) Definition of lateral earth pressure 2) Types of retaining structures 3) Active, passive and earth pressure at rest 4) Definition of co-efficient of earth pressure 5) Derivation of co-efficient of earth pressure at rest | Link |
| 2 | Lateral Earth pressure-2: 1) Theories of earth pressure 2) Rankine's theory - assumptions 3) Practical cases of active earth pressure 4) Numerical examples | Link |
| 3 | Lateral Earth Pressure-3: 1) Active case - cohesive soils 2) Numerical examples 3) Passive case | Link |
| 4 | Lateral Earth Pressure-4: 1) Effect of soil structure on engineering properties of compacted soils 2)Field compaction equipment 3) Field compaction control 4) Compaction specifications 5) Numerical example | Link |
| 5 | Stability of Slopes - 1:1) Definition and classification of slopes. 2) Types of slope failure. 3) Factor of safety. 4) Limit equilibrium methods of slope stability analysis. 5) Swedish slip circle method. 6) Swedish method of slices. 7) Fellenius method of locating center of critical slip circle. 8) Numerical examples. | Link |
| 6 | Stability of slopes-2: 1) Friction Circle Method 2) Taylor's Stability Number & Stability Curves 3) Numerical Examples | Link |
| 7 | Bearing capacity of soils-1: 1) Foundation - Definition. 2)Terms and definition. 3) Modes of shear failure. 4) Methods of bearing capacity evaluation. 5) Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory. | Link |
| 8 | Bearing capacity of soils-2: 1) Guidelines - General & local shear failure. 2) Limitations of Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory. 3) Specializations of Terzaghi's bearing capacity equations. 4) Effect of water table on bearing capacity. 5) Numerical examples. | Link |
| 9 | Bearing capacity of soils-3: 1) Factors affecting bearing capacity of soils. 2) Meyerhof's bearing capacity analysis. 3) Plate load test. 4) Model tests - Housel's method 5) Numerical examples. | Link |
| 10 | Bearing capacity of soils-4 and estimation of settlement:1) Bearing capacity of soils with SPT - N value & Static cone penetration. 2) Estimation of elastic and consolidation settlement. 3) Numerical examples. | Link |
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