LESSION PLAN |
NAME OF FACULTY : WILL BE ASSIGNED |
DISCIPLINE : Civil Engg. |
SEMESTER / SUBJECT/CODE : 5th / SOIL MECHANICS/CE-307-F |
LESSION PLAN DURATION : 15 Weeks ( JULY 2018 TO NOVEMBER 2018) |
WORK LOAD(LECTURE /PRACTICALS) PER WEEK : 03 Lecture , 01 Tutoral,02 Practical |
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theory |
Practical |
week |
lec day |
topic |
p.week |
Topic |
1st |
1 |
UNIT -1 Soil Formation and Composition |
1 |
Visual Soil Classification and water content |
2 |
Soil Formation and Composition |
3 |
Introduction, soil and rock, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
2nd |
1 |
particle size, particle shape, inter-particle forces, soil structure, principal clayals. |
2 |
Determination of specific gravity of soil solids |
2 |
UNIT -II Basic Soil Properties |
3 |
Introduction, three phase system, weight-volume relationships, soil grain properties |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
3rd |
1 |
sedimentation analysis, grain size distribution curves, consistency of soils, |
3 |
Grain size analysis-sieve analysis |
2 |
consistency limits and their determination, activity of clays, relative density of |
3 |
UNIT -III: Classification of soils |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
4th |
1 |
classification on the basis of plasticity, plasticity chart, |
4 |
Liquid limit and plastic limit determination |
2 |
UNIT -IV: Permeability of Soils |
3 |
Introduction, Darcy`s law and its validity, discharge velocity and seepage velocity |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
5th |
1 |
laboratory determination of coefficient of permeability, determination of field, |
5 |
Field density by |
2 |
permeability of stratified deposits. |
3 |
Introduction, Boussinesq`s equation, vertical stress distribution diagrams |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
6th |
1 |
UNIT -V: Compaction |
6 |
Proctor`s compaction test |
2 |
Introduction, role of moisture and compactive effect in compaction |
3 |
laboratory determination of optimum moisture content, |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
7th |
1 |
moderately cohesive soils and clays, field control of compaction |
7 |
Coefficient of permeability of soils. |
2 |
typical void ratio-pressure relationships |
3 |
shear strength characteristics of sands, |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
8th |
1 |
UNIT-VI: Vertical Stress Below Applied Loads |
8 |
Unconfined compressive strength test |
2 |
vertical stress beneath loaded areas, Newmark`s influence chart, |
3 |
approximate stress distribution methods for loaded areas, |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
9th |
1 |
UNIT-VII: Compressibility and Consolidation |
9 |
Direct shear test on granular soil sample |
2 |
Westergaard`s analysis, contact pressure. |
3 |
Introduction, components of total settlement, consolidation process, |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
10th |
1 |
normally consolidated and over consolidated clays, |
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2 |
Casagrande`s graphical method of estimating pre-consolidation pressure |
3 |
Terzaghi`s theory of one- dimensional primary consolidation |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
11th |
1 |
consolidation settlement, Construction period settlement, secondary |
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2 |
UNIT-VIII: Shear Strength |
3 |
Introduction, Mohr stress circle, Mohr-Coulomb failure-criterion |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
12th |
1 |
Vane shear test, shear strength characteristics of sands, normally consolidated |
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2 |
over-consolidated clays and partially saturated soils, sensitivity and thixotropy |
3 |
consolidation process |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
13th |
1 |
UNIT-IX: Earth Pressure |
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2 |
Rankine`s earth pressure theory, |
3 |
Coulomb`s earth pressure theory, Culmann`s graphical construction, Rebhann`s construction. |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
14th |
1 |
origin of soils, weathering, soil formation, major soil deposits of India, |
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2 |
soil aggregate properties, grain size analysis, sieve analysis, |
3 |
Purpose of classification, classification on the basis of grain size, |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |
15th |
1 |
factors affecting permeability, |
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2 |
, determination of coefficients of consolidation |
3 |
relationship between principal stresses at failure, shear tests, |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Class Work Based On Lecture /Numericals |