06CV842 REINFORCED EARTH STRUCTURES syllabus for CV


Part A
Unit-1 Basic components of reinforced soil 6 hours

Introduction, General, basic mechanism of reinforced earth. Soil or fill-matrics, reinforcement bars, Metallic strips, Metallic grids, Facing Elements, concrete panel facing etc.

Unit-2 Reinforced Earth Constructions 6 hours

Introduction, Historical background, Principles of reinforced earth, Effect of reinforcement of soil. Mechanism of reinforced earth, Anchors, Tiebacks, Economic advantage of reinforced earth structure over similar structures.

Unit-3 Design of reinforced earth Structure 7 hours

Introduction, Internal and overall stability, Reinforced earth dams, slopes, Reinforced Earth foundation, typical design of retaining walls and embankments.

Unit-4 Soil Nailing Techniques 7 hours

Introduction, Advantages & limitations of soil nailing techniques, comparison of soil nailing with reinforced soil, methods of soil nailing, -construction sequence components of system, design aspects.

Part B
Unit-5 Geosynthetics (Part – 1) 6 hours

Introduction and overview. Historical developments, Recent developments. Classification based on materials. Geosynthetics – geotextiles, geogrids, geomembranes, geocomposites, geonets and other products, geomats, geomeshes, geowebs etc.

Unit-6 Geosynthetics (Part – 2) 7 hours

Methods of manufacturing process. Raw materials – polypropylene (polyolefin), Polyethylene (Polyoefin), Polyester, Polyvinyl chloride, Elastomers etc, Testing & Evaluation- Hydrodynamic sieving test, Permeability test, Transmissivity test, Geotextile-Soil Filtration test etc,.

Unit-7 Fiber Reinforced Soil 7 hours

General, soil stabilization, reinforced soil, soil nailing, texsol, ply soil, comparison of ply soil with reinforced soil and soil nailing, types of fibers – synthetic fibers, natural fibers, plant roots, direction of placements.

Unit-8 Application of reinforced earth 6 hours

Introduction, General, Reinforcement, Drainage, Filtration, Seperation, Jacketing, Erosion control and Slope protection, Advantages & elimitations, Applications of soil nailing techniques.

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