5th Sem Syllabus
5th Sem Syllabus
Unit-7 Structural geology – strike and dip, fold, fault and unconformity.
Unit-8 Study of geological maps.
Unit-1 Stress Distribution in Soil: Introduction, stresses due to point load, line
load, strip load, uniformly loaded circular area, rectangular loaded area.
Influence factors, Isobars, Boussinesq’s equation, Newmark’s Influence
Chart. Contact pressure under rigid and flexible area, Isobar.
Unit-2 Soil Exploration and Site Investigation: Methods of soil exploration,
Geophysical exploration, Soil sampling and samplers, In-situ and laboratory
tests on soil samples, Soil investigation report.
Unit-3 Shallow Foundation: Different types of shallow foundations, Theories of
Bearing capacity, Calculation of settlement, Bearing capacity from SPT,
CPT and Plate load test, Combined footing, Strap footing, Mat foundation,
Methods of design.
Unit-4 Deep Foundation: Different types of deep foundations, Estimation of load
carrying capacity of single and pile group under vertical and horizontal load,
Negative skin friction, Settlement of pile foundation, Pile Load tests,
Foundations on expansive soils, Design methods.
Unit-5 Well Foundation: Types, components, construction methods, design
methods, check for stability.
Unit-6 Ground Improvement Techniques: Basic concept of soil improvement,
various methods and applicability.
Unit-1 Water Supply Systems: Need for planned water supply schemes,
Components of water supply system; Sources of Water and quality issues,
Unit-1 Detailing of beam, column, footing (isolated footing, combined footing, well
foundation, pile foundation).
Unit-2 Detailing of King Post and Queen Post truss.
Unit-6 Velocity of a river flow across a given section using River Surveyor.