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Stress Distribution in Soils: Boussinesq’s and Westergaard’s theories for point load, uniformly loaded circular and rectangular areas, pressure bulb, variation of vertical stress under point load along the vertical and horizontal plane, and Newmark’s influence chart for irregular areas.ĬOMPACTION: Mechanism of compaction – factors affecting compaction – effects of compaction on soil properties – Field compaction Equipment – compaction quality control.

Geotechnical engineering Unit Three UNIT –III Permeability: Soil water – capillary rise – flow of water through soils – Darcy’s law- permeability – Factors affecting permeability – laboratory determination of coefficient of permeability –Permeability of layered soils.Įffective Stress & Seepage Through Soils: Total, neutral and effective stress – principle of effective stress – quick sand condition – Seepage through soils – Flownets: Characteristics and Uses. Geotechnical engineering Unit Two UNIT –II Index Properties of Soils: Grain size analysis – consistency limits and indices – I.S. Introduction: Soil formation and structure – moisture content – Mass, volume relationships – Specific Gravity-Field density by core cutter and sand replacement methods-Relative density. Geotechnical engineering Unit One UNIT – I If you are having a hard time understanding Geotechnical engineering or any other Engineering Subject of any semester or year then please watch the video lectures on the official CynoHub app as it has detailed explanations of each and every topic making your engineering experience easy and fun.

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