Geotechnical engineering laboratory | JNTUA R20 civil engineering

Jawaharlal nehru technological university anantapur (Established by Govt. of A.P., ACT No.30 of 2008)

ANANTAPUR-515 002 (A.P) INDIA

Syllabus of Geotechnical engineering laboratory.

JNTUA subject code : 20A01502P

Credit : 1.5

Course Structure : R20

Civil engineering

Year : Third 3-1 (III-I)

List of Experiments :

Experiment 1 : Moisture content of soil.

Determination of moisture content of soil by oven drying method.

Experiment 2 : Specific gravity of soil.

Determination of specific gravity of soil by pycnometer method.

Experiment 3 : Atterberg's Limits : Liquid limit.

Determination of liquid limit of given soil sample.

Experiment 4 : Atterberg's Limits : Plastic limit.

Determination of plastic limit of given soil sample.

Experiment 5 : Field density by sand replacement method.

Determination of field density by sand replacement method

Experiment 6 : Field density by Core cutter method.

Determination of field density by Core cutter method.

Experiment 7 : Grain size analysis by sieving.

Experiment 8 : Standard proctor compaction test.

Experiment 9 : Modified proctor compaction test.

Experiment 10 : Vane Shear test.

List of textbooks:

1. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engg by K. R. Arora, Standard Publishers and Distributors, Delhi 7th edition 2009.
2. Geotechnical Engineering by C. Venkataramiah, New age International Pvt . Ltd, (2002).

Reference Books :

1. Soil Mechanics and Foundation by B. C. Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain and Arun Kumar Jain, Laxmi publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi 17th edition 2017.
2. Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics by Gopal Ranjan & A. S. R. Rao, New age International Pvt . Ltd, New Delhi 3rd edition 2016.
3. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering by Braja M. Das Cengage Learning.

Course objective :

1. The object of the course is to enable the students to know the various characteristics of soils.
2. To carry out laboratory tests and to identify soil as per IS codal procedures.
3. To perform laboratory tests to determine index properties of soil.
4. To perform tests to determine shear strength.
5. To perform consolidation test to determine the characteristics of soils.

Course outcome :

1. At the end of the course, the student must be able to: Identify various soils based on their characteristics.
2. Able to Evaluate permeability and seepage of soils.
3. Determine plasticity characteristics of various soils.
4. To perform tests to determine shear strength.
5. Understand the consolidation process and thereby predicting the settlement of soils.

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