SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING

SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING 

IES SYLLABUS 

(a) Geo-technical Engineering : Soil exploration - planning & methods, Properties of soil, classification, various tests and inter-relationships; Permeability & Seepage, Compressibility, consolidation and Shearing resistance, Earth pressure theories and stress distribution in soil; Properties and uses of geo-synthetics.

(b) Foundation Engineering: Types of foundations & selection criteria, bearing capacity, settlement analysis, design and testing of shallow & deep foundations; Slope stability analysis, Earthen embankments, Dams and Earth retaining structures: types, analysis and design, Principles of ground modifications.

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1. Soil Exploration 
2. Properties of Soil 
3. Soil Classification 
4. Permeability and Seepage
5. Compressibility
6. Consolidation and Shearing Resistance. 
7. Earth Pressure
8. Geo Synthetics. 
9. Foundation Engineering
10. Earth Retaining Structures. 
11. Ground Modification

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