About the Instructor

Dr. J.N. Mandal is professor of Civil engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Powai, Mumbai, India. The primary area of

research interests include geotechnical and geosynthetics engineering, centrifuge, physical and numerical modeling, ground improvement,

waste and nano materials, transportation and environmental geotechnics. He founded geosynthetics research and testing laboratory, offered

the undergraduate and postgraduate courses on geosynthetics in 1984. Since then the significance growth of world class research and

development has focused completely in the fore front of activities in the emerging area of geosynthetics. He is the author/editor of six books

and also founded the International Geosynthetics Society chapter for India in 1988. He organized the first Indian Geotextile Conference in

1988 and chairman for International Conference of Geosynthetics and Geoenvironmental Engineering in 2004. He had the privilege of

chairing many technical sessions at several national and international conferences in India and abroad. He developed a video film on

Geosynthetics Edge in 1986 and focused on turning point program in TV on geosynthetics in 1993. He has previously served as an editorial

board/advisory board members of International Journal of Geotextiles and Geomembranes, and International Journal of Construction and

Building Materials, respectively and editor of Indian Geotechnical Journal. He was the member of International society of Soil Mechanics and

Geotechnical Engineering technical committee TC 9 on Geotextiles and Geosynthetics and International Geosynthetic society Education

Committee and Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) of the world city water Forum 2009. Dr. Mandal earned

International/national awards for his outstanding contribution on geosynthetics reinforced soil structures. He has supervised many PhD

theses and Masters Projects. He has carried out a large number of sponsored and challenging consultancy projects for various industries

and agencies. He is also a reviewer for many international/national journals. He has more than 400 research papers to his credit in referred

international /national journals/conferences.

Course Plan

Week 1

Soil Processing and Moisture Content Test

Specific Gravity Test

Field Density Test

Grain Size Analysis

Week 2

Grain Size Analysis

Consistency limits

Laboratory Compaction test

Laboratory Permeability test

Week 3

Laboratory Permeability test

Shear Strength Test

Week 4

Shear Strength Test

Consolidation Test

Suggested Reading

1. Bowles, J.E. (1979). Physical and Geotechnical Properties of Soils, McGraw Hill Publishers.

2. BS 1377 (Part 1 to 8). Methods of Test for Soils for Civil Engineering Purposes, British Standard Institute.

3. Head, K.H. (1982). Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Vol. 1,2, 3 Soil classification and compaction tests, Whittles Publishing,

Scotland, UK.

4. IS 2720 (Various parts). Methods of Test for Soils, Bureau Of Indian Standards.

5. Lambe (1951). Soil Testing in Engineering, Wiley & Sons.

6. Mandal, J.N. and Divshikar, D.G. (1994). Soil Testing in Civil Engineering, Oxford & IBH Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

Certification Exam

The exam is optional for a fee.(Exams will be on 24 September 2017)

Time of Exam : Shift 1- 9 AM - 12 Noon,Shift 2- 2 PM - 5 PM

Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when

the exam registration form is published.

Certificate

Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score

25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of 4 week course average of Best 3 out of 4 assignments

E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will

have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Bombay. It will

be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.