Origin & formation of Soil :- Types, Typical Indian Soil, Fundamental of Soil Structure, Clay Mineralogy.
Soil as a Three Phase System :- Weight- Volume Relationship, Measurement of Physical Properties of Soil:
Insitu Density, Moisture Content, Specific Gravity, Relative Density.
Particle Size Distribution :- By Sieving, Sedimentation Analysis.
Index Properties of Soil :- Attarberg’s Limits- Determination of Index Properties of Soil by Casagrande’s
Apparatus, Cone Penetrometer, Soil Indices.
Soil Classification :- As per Unified Classification System, As per IS Code Recommendation, AASHTO
Classification, Field Identification of Soil, Consistency of Soil.
Soil Moisture :- Darcy’s Law, Capillarity in Soil, Permeability, Determination of Coefficient of
Permeability of Soil in Laboratory, Permeability for Stratified Deposits.
Effective Stress Principles:- Definition of Effective Stress, Estimation of Effective Pressure Due to
Different Conditions,
Two Dimensional Flow Through Soil :- Laplace’s Equations, Flow nets, Flow Through Earthen Dam,
Estimation of Seepage, Uplift due to Seepage, Design of Fillers, Critical Hydraulic Gradient, Quick Sand
Condition.
Stress Distribution In Soil :- Bousinesq’s & Westergaad’s Assumption & Formula for Determination of
Stress due to Point Loads, Stress Beneath Line, Strip & Uniformly Loaded Circular - Pressure Bulbs,
Newmark’s charts- Use For Determination of Stress due to Arbitrarily Loaded Areas, Contact Stress
Distribution for various types of Loading & on Different Types of Soils.