Different types of earthen damswith sketches and their suitability. Hydraulic fill and rolled fill methods ofconstruction – Causes of failure of earth dam – Design criteria of earth dams– Stability analysis of earthen dams – Seepage control in earthen dams. Roleof Filters in Earth Dam Design.
Types of retaining walls, failure of retaining wallsby sliding, overturning and bearing. Stability analysis and Principles of thedesign of retaining walls – Gravity retaining walls, Cantilever retaining walls,Counterfort retaining walls (no structural design) – Modes of failure ofretaining walls – Drainage from the backfill.
Cantilever sheet pile walls Types of sheet pile walls –Free cantilever sheet pile - cantilever sheet pile in cohesion-less soils –cantilever sheet pile in clay.
Anchored sheet pile with freeearth support in cohesion-less and cohesive soil. bulkheads with fixed earthsupport method – Types, locations and design of anchors.
Introduction, Lateral earth pressure on sheeting, Differenttypes of sheeting and bracing systems – design of various components ofbracings.
Introduction, Origin and usage of rock fill dams, typesof rock fill dams, design of rock fill dams and construction of rock fill dams.
Introduction – typesof coffer dams - Design of cellular coffer dams on rock by Tennesse ValleyAuthority (TVA) method – safety against sliding, slipping, overturning,vertical shear and stability against bursting.
Design of cellular coffer dam on soil -safety against sliding, slipping, overturning, vertical shear and stabilityagainst bursting.