MEHRAN UNIUVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

FRM-001/00QSP-004
TENTATIVE TEACHING PLAN Dec.01.2001
DEPARTMENT/INSTITUTE/DIRECTORATE: CIVIL ENGINEERING
Name of Teacher: Dr. Zaheer Ahmed Almani
Subject: Geotechnical Engineering Batch: 14CE(C) Year: Final Term: 1st
Term Starting Date: 21-11-2016 Term Suspension Date:
Lecture
S. # TOPICS
Required
Introduction + Syllabus
Compaction
1. Definition, Compaction Fundamentals 1
Moisture-Density relationship, Factors affecting compaction, Compaction
2. 1
Methods
3. Standard and Modified Proctor tests. 1
4. Compaction in the field, compaction equipment & machinery 1
5. Field density tests 1
6. Problems on the compaction & field density 2
Soil Improvement
7. Basic principles and objectives of various Soil Improvement 1
8. Surface soil stabilization with admixture and dewatering 1
9. Earth reinforcement 1
10. Grouting 1
11. Pre-loading with vertical sand drains 1
12. Use of Geosynthetics 1
Shear Strength
13. Concepts, Shear Strength Parameters, Mohrs Columb’s law 1
14. Shear strength of cohesive and non-cohesive soils 1
Determination of shear strength in laboratory: direct shear test, unconfined
15. 2
compression test triaxial shear test.
16. Merits and Demerits of different tests 1
17. Problems on shear strength of soil 2
Stress Distribution
18. Principal problems, Contact stress, Boussinesq’s theory and its assumptions 1
19. Stress caused by point load, uniformly loaded circular area, rectangular area 1
20. New marks chart 1
21. Problems 1
Earth Pressure
22. Some possible forces, acting on earth retaining structure 1
23. Active, Passive and at-rest earth pressures 1
Rankine’s theory of active and passive earth pressure for cohesive and non-
24. 2
cohesive soils
25. Columb’s theory of earth pressure 1
26. Lateral earth pressure distribution diagram 1
27. Problems on earth pressure 2
Stability of slopes
28. Definition, types of failure and factors contributing to slope failure 1
29. Methods of stability analysis 2
30. Effect of submergence 1
31. Problems on slope stability 3
32. Soil Dynamics 1
33. Basic definition 1
34. Single Degree and Two Degree of Freedom system 1
Total Lectures 42
Signature of Teacher: Dated:
Remarks by DMRC
Signature of Chairman: Dated:
 MEHRAN UNIUVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
FRM-003/00/QSP-004
ST
SUBJECT TEACHER’S REPORT (1 HALF TERM) Dec.03.2001
DEPARTMENT/INSTITUTE/DIRECTORATE: CIVIL ENGINEERING
(FROM: 07-01-2013 TO 01-03-2013)
Name of Teacher: Prof. Dr. Aneel Kumar
Subject: Geotechnical Engineering Batch: 10CE(B) Year: Final Term: 1st
Term Starting Date: 07-01-2013 Term Suspension Date: 28-04-2013
Sr. # of
Lecture
Topic Covered (as written in the attendance sheet) Teaching
Number
Plan
1 Definition, Compaction Fundamentals 1

Moisture-Density relationship, Factors affecting compaction,

2 2
Compaction Methods

3 Standard and Modified Proctor tests. 3

4 Compaction in the field, compaction equipment & machinery 4
5,6 Field density tests 5
7,8,9 Problems on the compaction & field density 6
10 Basic principles and objectives of various Soil Improvement 7
11,12 Surface soil stabilization with admixture and dewatering 8
13,14 Earth reinforcement 9
15 Grouting 10
16,17 Pre-loading with vertical sand drains 11
18 Use of Geosynthetics 12
19 Concepts, Shear Strength Parameters, Mohrs Columb’s law 13
20 Shear strength of cohesive and non-cohesive soils 14
Determination of shear strength in laboratory: direct shear test,
21,22,23 15
unconfined compression test triaxial shear test.
24 Merits and Demerits of different tests 16
25,26 Problems on shear strength of soil 17

Signature of Teacher: Dated:

Remarks by DMRC:

Signature of Chairman: Dated:

 MEHRAN UNIUVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
FRM-003/00/QSP-004
ND
SUBJECT TEACHER’S REPORT (2 HALF TERM) Dec.03.2001
DEPARTMENT/INSTITUTE/DIRECTORATE: CIVIL ENGINEERING
(FROM: 05-03-2013 TO 28-04-2013)
Name of Teacher: Prof. Dr. Aneel Kumar
Subject: Geotechnical Engineering Batch: 10CE(B) Year: Final Term: 1st
Term Starting Date: 07-01-2013 Term Suspension Date: 28-04-2013
Lecture Sr. # of
Topic Covered (as written in the attendance sheet)
Number Teaching Plan
27 Problems on shear strength of soil 17
Principal problems, Contact stress, Boussinesq’s theory and
28 18
its assumptions
Stress caused by point load, uniformly loaded circular area,
29,30 19
rectangular area

31 New marks chart 20

32 Problems 21
33 Some possible forces, acting on earth retaining structure 22
34 Active, Passive and at-rest earth pressures 23
Rankine’s theory of active and passive earth pressure for
35,36,37 24
cohesive and non-cohesive soils
38 Columb’s theory of earth pressure 25
39 Lateral earth pressure distribution diagram 26
40,41,42 Problems on earth pressure 27
Definition, types of failure and factors contributing to slope
43 28
failure
44,45 Methods of stability analysis 29
46 Effect of submergence 30
47,48,49 Problems on slope stability 31
50 Soil Dynamics 32
51 Basic definition 33
52 Single Degree and Two Degree of Freedom system 34

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Remarks by DMRC:

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