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)
