Soil Mechanics
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The official GTU curriculum for Soil Mechanics (subject code BE05006041) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 43 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE05006041)Unit 1 Stress Distribution of Soils
- Fundamentals of Soil Stress
- Classical Elasticity Theories (Boussinesq and Westargaad)
- Stress Due to Varied Loading Geometries (point load
- line load
- strip load
- rectangular and triangular loading)
- New- mark’s influence methodology for irregular area loads.
- Analysis of contact pressure distribution across varying foundation types (rigid
- Flexible footing)
Unit 2 Shear Strength
- Fundamentals of Soil Failure (Stress-Strain relationship
- Failure criteria
- Mohr-Coulomb’s failure theory
- Modified Mohr-Coulomb's theory)
- Laboratory and Field Determination of Shear Parameters of cohesive and cohesionless soils under different drainage conditions
- Advanced Concepts in Shear Strength (stress-path & its applications
- Pore Pressure Measurements)
- Rheological Models (introduction only)
- Factors Influencing Shear Strength
Unit 3 Slope stability
- Failure Kinematics (Infinite and finite slopes
- types of slope failure
- factor of safety
- forms of slip surfaces)
- Limit Equilibrium Analysis (cohesive and cohesionless soil)
- critical stage instability analysis
- Advanced Methods of Slices (Swedish circle
- Friction circle, and C-analysis (method of slices))
- Effects of tension crack and submergence
- Taylor’s stability no., and use of Bishop’s method
- Stability Charts
- Modern Stability Concepts (introduction to numerical models)
Unit 4 Consolidation of Soils
- Fundamentals of Compressibility (Compressibility of soils
- definitions and mechanism of consolidation)
- Consolidation Parameters and Indices
- Terzaghi’s One-Dimensional Consolidation Theory (time factor, and Laboratory tests
- Determination of pre-consolidation pressure)
- Two and Three- Dimensional consolidation related problems
- Settlement and Rate Analysis
Unit 5 . Earth Pressure
- Types of lateral earth pressure
- earth pressure theories (Rankine and Coulomb)
- Earth Pressure under Varied Conditions (Stratified Backfills
- Surcharge Effects
- Submergence and Seepage)
- Graphical Methods of Determination earth pressure (Rebhann’s and Culmann’s methods)
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