Name: Note Geotechnical Engineering- 1 GTE-1 By deepak marav
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Author: Deepak Maravi

Content

Introduction

Phase Relations of Soils, Volume Relations, Weight Relations, Inter-Relations

Simple Soil Properties

definitions; Phase relations; Index properties; Grain size distribution; Soil aggregate properties

Soil Classification

Soil Structure Basic Concepts Of Clay Minerals

Capillarity; Seepage force and quicksand condition; Total pressure and elevation heads

Principle Of Effective Stress And Related Phenomena Principle Of Effective Stress

Darcy’s law; Laboratory methods for permeability determination; Field pumping tests for permeability determination; Permeability as a function of soil type, permeant, void ratio, soil fabric, and effective stress

Permeability One Dimensional Flow

Two-dimensional flow; Flow nets and their characteristics; Uplift pressure, exit gradient, and piping; Criteria for filters.

Seepage Through Soils

Components of total settlement; Effects of soil type, stress history, and effectivestress on compressibility; Normally consolidated and over-consolidated soils; Terzaghi’s theory of one-dimensional consolidation; Time-rate of consolidation; Evaluation of compressibility and consolidation parameters from consolidometerdata

Compressibility And Consolidation Behaviour

Mohr’s stress circle; Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; Laboratory tests for shear strength determination; Effective and total stress shear strength parameters; Shear strength characteristics of clays and sands

Note for Geotechnical Engineering- 1 - GTE-1 By deepak maravi