Geotechnical Engineering

Water content, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, specific gravity

IS classification, Unified system, grain size analysis, Atterberg limits

Standard & Modified Proctor test, OMC, MDD, field compaction

Darcy's law, constant & falling head tests, seepage & flow nets

Total, effective & pore water pressure, upward seepage, quick condition

Terzaghi's theory, compression index, coefficient of consolidation, settlement

Mohr-Coulomb criterion, direct shear, triaxial, unconfined compression tests

Rankine's & Coulomb's theories, passive and active pressure

Infinite slope, Taylor's stability chart, Bishop's method, slip circle

Terzaghi's, Meyerhof's & IS methods, plate load test, factors affecting BC

Types, design criteria, net and gross pressure, safe bearing capacity

Types of piles, capacity by static and dynamic methods, pile groups

SPT, SCPT, borehole, sampling, vane shear test, plate load test

Sand drains, stone columns, geosynthetics, compaction grouting