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CVL 222 Soil Mechanics (3 - 0 - 0)

The document outlines the topics to be covered in the soil mechanics course CVL 222. These include the origin and classification of soils, effective stress principle, permeability, shear strength, consolidation, compaction, site investigations, and engineering properties of soils. The course will use a specified textbook and handouts, with evaluation based on midterm, major exam, and quizzes. Office hours and contact information are provided.

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CVL 222 Soil Mechanics (3 - 0 - 0)

The document outlines the topics to be covered in the soil mechanics course CVL 222. These include the origin and classification of soils, effective stress principle, permeability, shear strength, consolidation, compaction, site investigations, and engineering properties of soils. The course will use a specified textbook and handouts, with evaluation based on midterm, major exam, and quizzes. Office hours and contact information are provided.

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CVL 222 Soil Mechanics (3 – 0 – 0)

Origin and Classification of Soils


Phase Relationships
Effective Stress Principle
Effective Stress Under Hydrostatic and 1D flow
Permeability
Flow Through Soils–Laplace equation, flownets, seepage
Contaminant Transport
Compressibility; Consolidation; Terzaghi’s 1D Consolidation Theory
Shear Strength; Drainage Conditions; Pore Water Pressure; Mohr’s Circle
Failure Envelope and Strength Parameters
Factors Affecting Shear Strength
Critical State frame work
Behaviour of soils under cyclic loading, Liquefaction
Compaction
Engineering properties of Natural soils, Compacted Soils and modified soils
Site Investigations
Soil deposits of India
Text Book Geotechnical Engineering
Sashi K Gulhati and Manoj Datta

The above book will be supplemented with


handouts and additional reference books for
selected topics.
Evaluation
• Midterm : 35%
• Major Exam : 50%
• Quizzes : 15%

Consultation Hours
Most of the days: Noon – One p.m./
at 5.00 p.m./
or by prior appointment by
email: [email protected]
Please do not call on my cell phone!!!!!!!!
Some Suggestions

Attend the lectures.


It takes longer to understand
from the lecture notes from
friends

Develop a good feel for the subject.


It is practical, interesting and
makes lot of sense.
Some Suggestions

Work in groups.
Some Suggestions

Thou shall not wait till the last minute.


Exams

My mama always said, “Exam is like a box


of chocolates; you never know what you
are gonna get”
Soil – A Dirty Material or
An Engineering Material???

 Porous Solid/Sediment
 Fully/Partially Saturated
 Inelastic, Anisotropic, Nonhomogeneous
 Dilatant, Memory, Brittle to Ductile
 Sensitive, Thixotropic, Liquefiable
 Strain Hardening/Softening
 Stress History
(Courtesy: Prof. M R Madhav)
Human Body Ground

 Organs – Eyes, ears,  Soils – Properties/


nose, tongue, arms, legs, Characteristics
heart, brain, etc. +
+  In Situ Conditions
 Genetics  Engineering Geology
+
+
 Water Table, Stress
 Environment History, Stress/Strain Path
+ +
 Personality, etc.  Thixotropy, etc.
= =
Behavioural response Behavioural response
(Courtesy: Prof. M R Madhav)
COMPARATIVE PROBLEMS

MEDICAL GEOTECHNICAL
 Obese /Anorexia  Expansion/ Shrinkage
 Giddiness/Epilepsy  Instability/Liquefaction
 Fatigue  Cyclic Loading
 Fracture  Slip/Failure/Collapse
 High Blood Pressure  High Pore Pressure
 Urinary Problems  Drainage Problems
 Cancer/AIDS  Contaminated Ground
& Water

(Courtesy: Prof. M R Madhav)


COMPARATIVE PRACTICES

Medical Practice Geotechnical Practice

 General Check-up  Site Suitability

 Illness/Cure  Failure Analysis & Rectification


 Ground Improvement

 Preventive Medicine  Prevention of Liquefaction,


Land – Reclamation

 Bio-engineering, Genetics  Bio-remediation of


Contaminated Lands

(Courtesy: Prof. M R Madhav)


Practice of Geotechnical Engineering

 Qualitative  Reconnaissance
 Aerial/ Satellite Data
 Site History
 Adjacent Structures

 Limits - Liquid, Plastic,


 Quantitative Shrinkage, etc.
 Grain Size, Shape, Clay
Content, Mineral Type
 Relative Density (State
Parameter)
(Courtesy: Prof. M R Madhav)
Quantitative Tests
 Routine Lab. Tests  Compressibility,
Consolidation
 Permeability
 Direct Shear
 Triaxial
 In Situ Tests
 Standard Penetration
 Static/Dynamic Cone
 Vane Shear
 Plate/Pile Load tests

(Courtesy: Prof. M R Madhav)


Advanced/Specialized Tests
 Laboratory  Simple Shear
 Stress Path Controlled
 Plane Strain
 True Triaxial

 In Situ  Pressuremeter
 Dilatometer
 Piezo-cone, Seismic
Cone
 SASW, etc.
(Courtesy: Prof. M R Madhav)

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