Syllabus & Introduction
Soil formation & Phase system
Weight, volume relationships
Problems on weight-volume relationship
Problems on weight-volume relationship
Index properties (Grain properties)
Grain size distribution and hydrometer
Atterberg limits
Atterberg limits - problems
Classification of soil
Soil water - Introduction
Total, neutral and effective stress
Soil permeability - Introduction
Problems on soil permeability
Field permeability tests
Flow net
Stress distribution theory
Load distribution and Newmark's chart
Equivalent point load method
Compaction of soils
Field compaction techniques
Field compaction control and specifications
Consolidation - Introduction
Components of consolidation
Consolidation (Continued), problems
Consolidation problems
One dimensional consolidation test
Introduction to shear parameters
Diect shear and triaxial tests
Triaxial test (continued)
Shear strength problems, UCS test
Vane shear test and skempton pore pressure parameters
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