Compaction of Soil :- Principles of Compaction, IS Light & Heavy Compaction Test, Field Compaction
Equipments, Various methods of field Compaction Control, CBR Test (Soaked, Un-soaked & Field ) as per
IS recommendation.
Compressibility & Consolidation of Soil :- Terzaghi’s Theory of One Dimensional Consolidation,
Compressibility characteristics of Soils, Compression Index, Coefficient of Compressibility & Volume
change, Coefficient of Consolidation, Degree & rate of Consolidation, Consolidemeter & Laboratory One
Dimensional Consolidation Test as per latest IS Code, Determination of Consolidation Parameters under
Consolidated, Normally Consolidated & Over Consolidated Soil, Secondary Consolidation.
Shear Strength of Soil :- Basic Concept of Shear Resistance & Shear Strength of Soil, Mohr- Columb’s
Theory, Determination of Shear Parameter of Soil- Stress Controlled & Strain Controlled Test, Laboratory
Determination of Soil Shear Parameter- Direct Shear, Tri-axial Test, Unconfined Compression, Vane Shear
Test as per Relevant IS Codes, Stress- Strain Relationship of Clays & Sands, Concept of Critical Void
Ratio.
Earth Pressure Theories :- Plastic equilibrium of soil , Earth pressure at rest , Active & passive Earth
pressure , Rankin’s&Coulombs earth pressure theories , wedge method of analysis , estimation of earth
pressure by graphical construction ( colmann Method).
Retaining Wall & sheet pite structures: Proportions of retaining walls, stability checks , cantilever and
anchored sheet piles , free earth and fixed earth method of analysis of anchored bulk heads , coffer dam
structures types and suitability.
Stability of slopes : Analysis of finite and infinite slopes , swedish
And friction circle method, Taglor’s stability number , Bishop’s method of stability analysis stability
consideration of Earthen dams.