IIT Bombay Geotechnical Engineering

I want to know the course structure of M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering is offered by the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering

The duration of the course is 2 years.

I Semester

CE 631 Soil Engineering I
CE 643 Experimental Geotechnics
Elective I
Elective II
Elective III
Elective IV
CE 694 Seminar

II Semester

CE 634 Soil Engineering II
Elective V
Elective VI
Elective VII
Institute elective
HS791 Communication skill*
CE792 Communication skill*

III Semester

CE797 Dissertation I Stage

IV Semester

CE798 Dissertation II Stage

Electives-

1. CE-633 Soil Structure Interaction

2. CE-637 Rock Mechanics

3. CE-640 Foundation Engineering

4. CE-641 Environmental Geomechanics

5. CE-645 Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling

6. CE-647 Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations

7. CE-648 Finite Element Methods in Geotechnical Engineering

8. CE-652 Foundations of Offshore Structures

9. CE-746 Reinforced Earth and Geotextiles

10. CE-632 Ground Improvement

11. CE-683 Marine Geotechnical Engineering

12. CE-684 Advanced Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

13. CE-688 Risk Assessment & Management in Geotechnical Engineering

14. CE-702 Geotechnical Constitutive Models

Syllabus-

CE-631 Soil Engineering I

Idealised concept of soil based on particle size, orientation, crystal structure, electrical imbalance etc.; Soil water, consistency; Viscosity, Stokes law; Concept of effective diameter; Basic concepts of flow through porous media; Darcys law, its limitation for use in real soils; Threshold gradient, governing differential equation for anisotropic media; Effective stress and neutral stress concepts; Suction potential and capillary flow; Description of state of stress and strain at a point; Development of rheological models and equations of state for soils; Stress distributions, problems in elastic half-space; Familiarity with Westergaards, Burmisters and Mindlins problems; Distribution of contract pressure; Fundamental concepts of consolidation; Primary and secondary compression; One, two and three dimensional problems; Consolidation of partially saturated soils; Settlement computations.
References:

1. Karl Terzaghi, Theoretical Soil Mechanics, Chapman and Hall, 1954.

2. R.F. Scott, Principles of Soil Mechanics, Addison Wesley, World Student Edition, 1963.

3. Proceedings of the International Conferences on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.


CE-633 Soil Structure Interaction

Critical study of conventional methods of foundation design; Nature and complexities of soil structure interaction; Application of advanced techniques of analysis such as the finite element method, finite differences, relaxation and interaction for the evaluation of soil-structure interaction for different types of structures under various conditions of loading and subsoil characteristics; Preparation of comprehensive design oriented computer programmes for specific problems. Interaction problems based on the theory of sub-grade reaction such as beams, footings, rafts, bulkheads etc. Analysis of different types of frame structures founded on stratified natural deposits with linear and nonlinear stress-strain characteristics. Determination of pile capacities, negative skin friction and group action of piles considering stress-strain characteristics of real soils; Anchor piles and determination of pull out resistance; Well foundations.
References:

1. J.E., Bowles, Analytical and Computer Methods in Foundation Engineering, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1974.

2. C.S. Desai and J.T. Christian (Eds.), Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Yew York.

3. Elastic Analysis of Soil-coundation Interaction, Developments in Geotechnical Engineering, Vol.17, Elservier Scientific Publishing Co.


CE-637 Rock Mechanics

Engineering properties of rock masses, subsurface investigations in rock deposits, field and laboratory testing of rocks, stress-deformation characteristics of rock masses under heavy loads, flow of water through rock masses, failure theories, shear strength of rock under high pressure, friction in rocks, time dependent properties of rock masses, stability of rock slopes, idealised rock system, anisotropic rock system, deep cuts, deep bore-holes, stability of bounder fills and embankment, lateral pressure on retaining structures for high hill slopes, bearing capacity of rock masses, opening in rocks, lines and unlined tunnels, pressure tunnels and tunnels for other purposes.
References:

1. J.C. Jaeger and N.G.W. Cook, Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics, Methuen and Co., London, 1971.

2. Obert, Leonard and W.I. Duvall, Rock Mechanics and Design Structures of Rock, 1967.

3. J.A. Hudson et al. (Ed.), Comprehensive Rock Mechanics, in 5 volumes, Pergamon Press, 1993.


CE-634 Soil Engineering II

Shear strength of cohesionless and cohesive soils, physico-chemical aspects, experimental determination of shear strength, failure theories, Yield criteria, influence on failure conditions of inter-mediate principal stress, history, drainage, rate of stress applications etc; Plastic equilibrium in soils, Mohr diagram, active and passive states, theories of earth pressure on retaining walls, effect of wall friction on the shape of sliding surface, theories of arching, bearing capacity, concepts of general and local shear failure, critical height of vertical banks, various methods of computation of slope stability, earth pressure on timbering of cuts and on free and anchored bulkheads.


References:

1. R.F. Scott, Principles of Soil Mechanics, Addison Wesley, World Student Edition, 1963.

2. J.H. Atkinson, Foundations and Slopes: An Introduction to Applications of Critical State Soil Mechanics, McGraw-Hill Book Co. (UK) Ltd. 1981.

3. J.H. Atkinson and P.L. Bransby, The Mechanics of Soils, An Introduction to Critical State Soil Mechanics, McGraw-Hill Book Co. (UK) Ltd., 1978.


CE-640 Foundation Engineering

Planning of subsoil exploration of major civil engineering projects, sampling methods, interpretation of field and laboratory data, plate load and pile load tests, extrapolation of test data for actual foundations, shallow and deep footings, design of isolated and combined footings, proportioning of footings for equal settlement, various methods of raft design, floating foundations, analysis and design of pile foundations, rake piles, board piles. Negative skin friction in piles, group action in piles, design of pile cap, foundations subjected to economic loads, pull-out resistance of foundation structures, theory of sub-grade reaction, anchored bulkheads, caissons and cofferdams, well foundations.

References:

1. J.E. Bowles, Foundations Analysis and Design, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

2. R.B. Peck, W.E. Hanson and T.H. Thornburn, Foundation Engineering, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, 1974.

3. D. Choudhury, Foundation Engineering, NPTEL Web course, 2010. NPTEL :: Civil Engineering - Foundation Engineering


CE-641 Environmental Geomechanics

General Principles: Introduction, Nature of soil and environment, Soil technology, Soil-water-air interaction, Shrinkage, Swelling, and Cracking characteristics of soil, Hydraulic conductivity and mass transport phenomena, Thermal and electrical properties of soils, Radiation effects on soil. Environmental geotechnical applications.

References:

1. Dixon, J.B. and Weed, S.B., Minerals in Soil Environments, SSSA, 1989.

2. Rees, J.F., Contaminated Land Treatment Technologies, SCI, Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1992.

3. Acar, Y.B. and Daniel, D.E., Geoenvironmental 2000: Characterisation, Containment, Remediation & Performance in Environmental Geotechnics, ASCE, New York, 2000.

4. Methods of Soil Analysis, SSSA, 2nd Edition, Physical and Chemical Processes of Water and Solute Transport/Retention in Soils, SSSA.


CE-643 Experimental Geotechnics



Processing of the soil, determination of hygroscopic moisture content, sieve analysis, hydrometer test, specific gravity test, liquid, plastic, and shrinkage limit tests, standard proctor compaction test, field density measurement tests (Sand replacement and core cutter), permeability test, oedometer test, direct shear test, consolidated undrained triaxial test, vane shear test, determination of free swell index for fine grained soils, evaluation of swelling pressure of soils, soil suction measurement, block vibration test, cyclic plate load test.



References:

1. Head, K.H. (2006). Manual of soil laboratory testing,� Volume I � Soil Classification and Compaction Tests, 3rd Edition, Whittles Publishing, Scotland, UK.

2. Head, K.H. and Epps, R. J. (2011). Manual of soil laboratory testing,� Permeability, shear strength and compressibility tests, Volume II, 3rd Edition, Whittles Publishing, Scotland, UK.

3. Head, K.H. and Epps, R. J. (2014). Manual of soil laboratory testing, Vol.III � Effective stress tests, Whittles Publishing, Whittles Publishing, Scotland, UK.

4. Das, B.M. (2009). Soil Mechanics Laboratory Manual, 7th Edition, Oxford University Press, New York.

5. Relevant Indian and ASTM standards.


CE-645 Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling

Modelling and simulation - Dimensional analysis; Physical modelling using Centrifuge, historical perspectives, developments in hardware; Equipment - type of centrifuges; Principles of centrifuge modelling: scaling laws for static, dynamic loading and scaling laws for diffusion phenomena, Scale effects: Dependency of soil behaviour on stress level and stress history; Rotational acceleration and stress field, Modelling of models, Coriolis effect in Centrifuge, Grain size effects; Instrumentation in centrifuge modelling; Data acquisition systems; Applications of centrifuge modelling -Embankments and Dams, Shallow foundations, Deep foundations, Retaining structures, Anchorages, Ground improvement, Environmental geotechnics, Earthquake effects.

References:

1. Craig, W.H., The application of centrifuges modelling to Geotechncial Design, Proceedings of a Symposium, Manchester, Balkema, April, 1984,

2. Proceedings of the International Conferences- Centrifuge `88, Centrifuge `91, Centrifuge `94, Centrifuge `98, Centrifuge 2002, Balkema.

3. Taylor, R.N., (ed.), Geotechnical Centrifuge Technology, Blackie Academic & Professional, 1995.


CE-647 Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations

Vibration of elementary systems, degrees of freedom, analysis of systems with several degrees of freedom, natural frequencies of continuous systems, elastic constants of soil and their experimental determination, damping of soil, effect of vibration on residual soil settlements, effect on porosity and hydraulic methods to reduce residual dynamic settlement of foundations, stress distribution in soil under dynamic loading. Influence on shearing strength, vibro-viscous soil resistance, liquefaction, bearing capacity of dynamically loaded foundations, such as those of water towers, chimneys and high rise buildings, response of pile foundations, wave propagation in elastic half space, waves in layered systems and in saturated media, vibration isolation methods.



References:

1. D.D. Barkan, dynamics of Bases and Foundations, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1952.

2. E.E. Rihcart et al., Vibrations of Soils and Foundations, Prentice Hall Inc., 1970.

3. S.P. Timoshenko, D.H. Young and William Weaver, Jr., Vibration Problems in Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, 1974.

4. Braja M. Das and G. V. Ramana, Principles of Soil Dynamics, 2nd Edition, Cengage Learning, 2010.

5. Shamsher Prakash, Soil Dynamics, 3rd Edition, John Wiley, 2000.

6. D. Choudhury, Soil Dynamics, NPTEL Video course, 2014. NPTEL :: Civil Engineering - Soil Dynamics


CE-648 Finite Element Methods in Geotechnical Engineering

Theory: energy concepts and variational principles, discretization of continuous media, two and three dimensional analysis, stiffness of simple elements, Isoparametric elements and interface elements, assembly and solution techniques, computerisation, introduction to nonlinear problems, plasticity problems and no tension analysis, applications to problems such as stress distribution and deformations in isotropic and anisotripic soil and rock media, stress and deformations around excavations and built-up embankments, seepage through porous media, one dimensional consolidation, stress distribution around openings in intact and fisssured rock.

References:

1. Robert D. Cook, Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, Third Edition, John Wiley and Sons.

2. C.S. Desai, J.F. Abel, Introduction to the Finite Element Method, A numerical Method for Engineering Analysis, East-West Edition, 1972.

3. O.C. Zienkiewicz and R.L. Taylor, Finite Element Method, McGraw-Hill, 1991.




CE-652 Foundations of Offshore Structures



Nature and magnitude of loads on foundations of offshore structures, criteria of foundation design in offshore environment, features of foundations of gravity structures, bearing capacity and settlement under dynamic loads, immediate and long term behaviour, liquefaction under cyclic loads, problems relating to jack-up platforms, dynamic stress in pile driving, pile behaviour under cyclic lateral loads, development of p-y curves, analysis of single piles and pile groups, finite element and other numerical methods of interactive analysis using linear and nonlinear foundation response, geotechnical aspects of anchors and submarine pipelines.

References:

1. Proceedings of the Conference on Behaviour of Offshore Structure, 1976.

2. Proceedings of the Conference on Finite Element Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (Ed.),

3. C.S. Desai. Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas.


CE-746 Reinforced Earth and Geotextiles

Basic introduction to the elements of Ground Engineering characteristics of reinforcing materials, definition of reinforced and advantage of RE, soil reinforcement interaction, behaviour of Reinforced earth walls, basis of wall design, the Coulomb force method, the Rankine force methods, internal and external stability condition, field application of RE, randomly reinforced earth and analysis of reinforced soils, testing of soil reinforcements. Definitions, functions, properties, and application of Geotextiles, design of Geotextile applications, definitions, functions, properties and applications of geo-membranes, design of geo-membranes applications, Geotextiles associated with geo-membranes, testing on geotextiles, environmental efforts, ageing and weathering.

References:

1. International Conference on Soil Reinforcement, RE and other techniques, Paris, March, 1979.

2. Second International Conference on Geotextiles, Las Vegas, August, 1982.

3. International Conferences in-situ soil and rock reinforcement, Paris, October, 1984.


CE-632 Ground Improvement

Problematic soils; Need for ground improvement; Various ground improvement techniques; Embankment construction on soft soils; Preloading with and without vertical drains; Prefabricated Vertical (PV) Drains; Design of ground improvement scheme with PV drains and preloading; Vacuum consolidation; Vacuum consolidation along with PV drains; Theory of electro-kinetic dewatering of soils and its applications; Grouting; Grouting methods; Permeating grouting; Displacement grouting; Jet grouting; Grout mixes and their selection criteria; Deep mixing methods; Densification techniques for cohesion-less soils � Vibro floatation; Vibro-replacement technique; Blasting; Design of blasting scheme; Dynamic compaction and application; Design of dynamic compaction scheme; Stone columns and their design; Test methods for verification of ground improvement techniques � Standard Penetration Test; Cone Penetrometer Test; Vane shear strength test; Pressuremeter test, Packer test, Load tests, etc. Theory and applications of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technique.

References:

1. Bowles, J.E. (1996). Foundation Analysis and Design, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill International Editions, publishers, New York.

2. Hausmann, M.R. (1990).� Engineering Principles of Ground modification. McGraw-Hill Inc.,USA

3. Mooseley, M.P. and Kirsch, K. (2004). Ground Improvement. 2nd Edition, Spon Press, Taylor and Francis Group, London, United Kingdom.

4. Xanthakos, P.P., Abramson, L.W., and Bruce, D.A. (1994). Ground control and Improvement. Wiley Interscience Edition, John-Wiley & Sons, Inc, Newyork, USA.




CE-683 Marine Geotechnical Engineering

Origin and formation of submarine deposits, characteristics of continental shielding various parts of the world and around Indian coast, methods of exploration of submarine deposits, obtaining undistributed samples and determination of insitu strength, evaluation of physical and chemical properties of submarine soils, consolidation, settlement characteristics and shear strength characteristics under static and wave loading, pore pressure and liquefaction under dynamic and earthquake stresses, bearing capacity of large bases and tips, development of design parameters for use in pile soil and gravity platform soil, analysis both under static and dynamic conditions.

References:

1. Proceedings of the Conferences on Behaviour of Offshore Structures.

2. Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conferences.

3. Proceedings of Annual Offshore Technology Conferences, Houston, Texas, 1969-1979.

4. Proceedings of First International Conference on Behaviour of Offshore Structures, Oslo, Published by the Institute of Technology, Norway, 1976.

5. Proceedings of Second International Conference on Behaviour of Offshore Structures, London, Published by BHRA Fluid Engineering, 1979.


CE-684 Advanced Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Seismology and Earthquakes, Strong Ground Motion, Earthquake Hazards Related to Geotechnical Engineering, Wave Propagation, Liquefaction, Liquefaction computation from laboratory and field tests, Seismic Slope Stability, Behaviour of reinforced slope under seismic condition, Seismic Design of Retaining Walls, Force based Pseudo-Static Pseudo-Dynamic Analysis, bearing capacity and settlement, Seismic Design of Pile Foundations, Seismic Uplift Capacity of Anchors, Soil Improvement for Remediation of Seismic Hazards, Recommendations of Seismic Design Codes related to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.

References:

1. Steven L. Kramer (2003). Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall International Series, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

2. R. W. Day (2002). Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, McGraw Hill, New York.

3. IS 1893-1984 Indian Standard Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Part 5 (fourth revision), 1984.

4. D. Choudhury, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, NPTEL Video course, 2014. NPTEL :: Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering


CE-688 Risk Assessment & Management in Geotechnical Engineering

Working stress and limit state design approaches, Ultimate and Service limit states, Basics of probability and statistics, Sources of uncertainty in Geotechnical design parameters, In-situ soil characterization, Sensitivity analysis, Modelling of uncertainty, Fragility curves, Probability of failure, FORM, Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques, Response Surface Method, Parallel and series systems, Explicit and implicit functions, Target reliability index, LRFD approach, Code calibration, Applications to shallow and deep foundations, landslides and embankments, liquefaction behaviour of soils.

References:

1. Ang, A.H-S. And Tang, W.H. (2006). Praobability Concepts in Engineering: Emphasis on Applications to Civil and Environmental Engineering, John Wiley & Sons.

2. Baecher, G. and Christian, J. (2005). Reliability and Statiestics in Geotechnical Engineering, Wiley Publications, 618 p.

3. Haldar, A. and Mahadevan, S. (2000): Probability, Reliability and Statistical Methods in Engineering Design, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 304 p

4. Nowak, A.S. And Collins, D. R. (2000). Reliability of Structures, McGraw-Hill International Editions, Civil Engineering Series, Singapore, 338 p.

5. Ranganathan, R. (1990). Reliability Analysis and Design of Structures, Tata McGraaw Hill, New Delhi.

6. Fenton, G.A. (1997). Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE Geotechnical Safety and Reliability Committee, 95 p.

CE-702 Geotechnical Constitutive Models

Introduction to shear strength of soils, Critical state line, Taylor302222s stress-dilatancy equation, Generalised Hooke302222s Law, isotropy and anisotropy, elastic and plastic deformation, ingredients of a plastic soil model, normality assumption and associated flow rule, compression behaviour and plasticity, behaviour of Cam Clay under drained and undrained loading, relationship between undrained shear strength, effective stress and over-consolidation ratio, generalised equations of state boundary surface.

References:

1. A.N. Schofield, Disturbed soil properties and geotechnical design, Thomas Telford, 2006

2. A.M. Britto and M.J. Gunn, Critical State Soil Mechanics via Finite Elements, Ellis Horwood, Chichester, 1987

3. D.M. Wood, Soil Behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1990

4. M.D. Bolton, A Guide to Soil Mechanics, McMillan, London, 1984

5. P.K. Banerjee and R. Butterfield, Advanced geotechnical analyses, Elsevier Science Publishers, Cambridge University Press, 1991

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