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    This course provides an overview of ground improvement techniques. It covers engineering properties of soft soils and various ground treatment methods including loading, reinforcement, drainage, injections, preloading, dynamic consolidation, vertical drains, granular piles, soil nailing and anchors. The goal is to modify soil properties to achieve satisfactory performance for foundations, earthworks and underground structures. Case studies of Indian ground improvement projects are also discussed. The material aims to help students and practitioners properly devise solutions to difficult earth construction problems and evaluate effectiveness.

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    This course provides an overview of ground improvement techniques. It covers engineering properties of soft soils and various ground treatment methods including loading, reinforcement, drainage, injections, preloading, dynamic consolidation, vertical drains, granular piles, soil nailing and anchors. The goal is to modify soil properties to achieve satisfactory performance for foundations, earthworks and underground structures. Case studies of Indian ground improvement projects are also discussed. The material aims to help students and practitioners properly devise solutions to difficult earth construction problems and evaluate effectiveness.

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    NPTEL Syllabus

    Ground Improvement Techniques - Web course


    COURSE OUTLINE The term ground improvement and ground modification refer to the improvement in or modification to the Engineering properties of a soil that carried out at a site where the soil in the natural state doesn't possess properties that are acceptable to us for the proposed civil Engineering activities. The improved or modified soil exhibits satisfactory performance when foundations, earth structures, earth retaining structures and under ground structures are constructed on, within or using the soil. The topics cover Engineering properties of soft, weak and compressible deposits, principles of treatment-loading (static and Dynamic), Accelerated flow, Reinforcement, Vertical drains, Granular piles, soil nailing, Anchors. This course material on ground improvement technique will be very useful to undergraduate students, post-graduate students, teachers and practitioners and gain competence in properly devising alternative solutions to difficult and earth construction problems and in evaluating their effectiveness before, during and after construction. A study of the many different approaches to the ground modification broadens the mind of any Engineer and inspires creativity and innovation in Geotechnical Construction and related fields. A number of chosen field oriented problems will be solved to illustrate the concepts clearly. Contents: Engineering properties of soft, weak and compressible deposits, principles of treatment-loading (static and Dynamic), Accelerated flow, Reinforcement, Drainage and filters, Injections, Thermal, electrical and Chemical MethodsPreloading, Dynamic Consolidation, Vertical drains, Granular piles, soil nailing, Anchors, Design Methods and Case histories. COURSE DETAIL

    NPTEL
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    Civil Engineering
    Pre-requisites: 1. Soil Mechanics (Geotechnical Engg. I). 2. Foundation Engg (Geotechnical Engg. II). Coordinators: Dr. Nihar Ranjan Patra Department of Civil EngineeringIIT Kanpur

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    Topic

    No. of Hours

    INTRODUCTION: Different types of problematic soils and their geological formation principles of treatment-loading.

    TREATMENT OF LOOSE SANDS Compaction piles, dynamic compaction, vibroflot technique, controlled blasting for compaction.

    GROUTING TECHNIQUES Permeation grouting, Compaction technique, jet

    grouting, different varieties of grout materials, grouting in difficult conditions.

    TREATMENT OF EXPANSIVE SOILS Lime treatment for expansive soils, injection method, lime-columns, chemical analysis.

    ACCELERATED CONSOLIDATION METHODS FOR SOFT CLAY SOILS Sand drains. Pre-fabricated drains. Stone columns. Vacuum consolidation .

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    IN SITU GROUND TREATMENT FOR SLOPES Different types of in situ soil stabilization like soil nails, anchoring, Pre-stressed anchors, etc. Design methods and construction techniques.

    CASE STUDIES Case studies of different ground improvement projects in India.

    References: 1. Hausmann, H.R. " Principles of Ground Modification", McGraw-Hill Book Company. 2. Ground Engineering - The Institute of Civil Engineers, London, 1970. 3. Gulati and Datta "Geotechnical Enginnering", Tata Mc Graw Hill.

    A joint venture by IISc and IITs, funded by MHRD, Govt of India

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