Environmental Geotechnical Engg.
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Environmental Geotechnical Engg. Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Environmental Geotechnical Engg. (subject code 3714312) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 1 divides the course into 3 units, covering 7 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 (3714312)Unit 1 Introduction & Soil-Contaminant Interaction
- Need of environmental geo-technology
- role of soil and its various phases in geo-environmental engineering
- Environmental cycles and their interaction -soil water environment interaction relation to geotechnical problems -pollution effect on soil behaviour and foundations -effect of bacteria -pore fluid on soil water behaviour -load factor versus environmental factor - environmental technology and public concerns
- case studies
Unit 2 Site Selection & Disposal of Waste
- characterization of land fill sites – waste characterization – stability of landfills – current practice of waste disposal -criteria for geotechnical construction on sanitary landfills - liners – types and design - passive containment systems-leachate contamination- land fill gases and their properties
- landfill gas monitoring systems - application of geo-synthetics in solid waste management
Unit 3 Transport of Contaminants
- Contaminant transport in sub surface – advection – diffusion – dispersion – governing equations – contaminant transformation – sorption – biodegradation – ion exchange – precipitation – hydrological consideration in land fill design – ground water pollution –
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