syllabus in geotechnical engineering

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Lateral Earth Pressure a. Earth Pressure at Rest b. Elastic and Plastic Equilibrium of Soil Mass c. Rankine’s Earth Pressure Theory d. Coulomb’s Earth Pressure Theory e. Graphical Solution of Coulomb’s Active Earth Pressure Soil Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations a. Terzhagi’s Ultimate Bearing Capacity Equation b. Factor of Safety c. General Bearing Capacity Equation Soil Improvement and Slope Stabilization a. Changing Slope Geometry b. Surface Water Control c. Internal Seepage Control d. Increase Material Strength Geosynthetics a. Types and Manufacture b. Geosynthetics in Roadways and Railroads c. Geosynthetics for Reinforcement d. Geosynthetics in Waste Containment System Introduction to Foundation Engineering a. Introduction b. The General Types of Foundations. c. Design Considerations and Methods. d. Methods of Determining Soil Bearing Capacity Analysis and Design of Wall Footings a. Introduction b. ACI Design Considerations and Specifications. c. Sample Problems Analysis and Design of Isolated Single Footings a. Introduction b. Square Footing c. ACI Design Considerations and Specifications.

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Transcript of syllabus in geotechnical engineering

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Lateral Earth Pressurea. Earth Pressure at Restb. Elastic and Plastic Equilibrium of Soil Massc. Rankine’s Earth Pressure Theoryd. Coulomb’s Earth Pressure Theorye. Graphical Solution of Coulomb’s Active Earth Pressure

Soil Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundationsa. Terzhagi’s Ultimate Bearing Capacity Equationb. Factor of Safetyc. General Bearing Capacity Equation

Soil Improvement and Slope Stabilizationa. Changing Slope Geometryb. Surface Water Controlc. Internal Seepage Controld. Increase Material Strength

Geosyntheticsa. Types and Manufactureb. Geosynthetics in Roadways and Railroadsc. Geosynthetics for Reinforcementd. Geosynthetics in Waste Containment System

Introduction to Foundation Engineering a. Introductionb. The General Types of Foundations.c. Design Considerations and Methods.d. Methods of Determining Soil Bearing Capacity

Analysis and Design of Wall Footingsa. Introductionb. ACI Design Considerations and Specifications.c. Sample Problems

Analysis and Design of Isolated Single Footingsa. Introductionb. Square Footingc. ACI Design Considerations and Specifications.d. Sample Problemse. Rectangular Footingf. ACI Design Considerations and Specifications.g. Sample Problems

Analysis and Design of Combined Footingsa. Introduction

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b. Rectangular Combined Footing. c. ACI Design Considerations and Specifications.d. Sample Problems.e. Trapezoidal Combined Footingf. ACI Design Considerations and Specifications.g. Sample Problems

Analysis and Design of Retaining Structuresa. Introductionb. ACI Design Considerations and Specifications.c. Sample Problems

Analysis and Design of Pile Foundationa. Introductionb. ACI Design Considerations and Specifications.c. Sample Problems