Advanced Techniques in Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering

Media Storage Type : DVD-ROM

NPTEL Course Name : Advanced Techniques in Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering

NPTEL Subject Matter Expert : Dr. Nainan P. Kurian

NPTEL Co-ordinating Institute : IIT Madras

NPTEL Lecture Count : 34

Lecture Titles:

Lecture 1 - Shell foundations
Lecture 2 - Prestressing in foundations
Lecture 3 - Special construction problems
Lecture 4 - Pile driving and well sinking
Lecture 5 - Drainage of soil and dewatering of foundations
Lecture 6 - Prestressed ground anchors
Lecture 7 - Diaphragm walls
Lecture 8 - Bored pile walls
Lecture 9 - Reinforced earth and soil nailing
Lecture 10 - Use of geotextiles in geotechnical engineering
Lecture 11 - Sanitary landfills
Lecture 12 - Gabions, Cribs
Lecture 13 - Controlled yielding technique for reduction of lateral earth pressure
Lecture 14 - Retaining walls with relieving shelves
Lecture 15 - Ground improvement by vibro-compaction – Stone columns
Lecture 16 - Soilcrete
Lecture 17 - Soilfrac (Soil fracturing)
Lecture 18 - Static installation of piles – Pipe/Box jacking
Lecture 19 - Vacuum consoilidation
Lecture 20 - Dynamic compaction
Lecture 21 - Dynamic pile testing
Lecture 22 - Centrifugal testing of geotechnical models
Lecture 23 - Pressuremeter testing
Lecture 24 - The flat dilatometer test
Lecture 25 - Piezocone test
Lecture 26 - Statnamic load testing
Lecture 27 - Load test using bi-directional Osterberg cell
Lecture 28 - The role of drilling mud in geotechnical engineering
Lecture 29 - Cathodic protection of marine foundations
Lecture 30 - Granular pile anchor in swelling soils
Lecture 31 - Multistoreyed structures with basements - Top-down construction
Lecture 32 - Piled raft foundation – Famous examples
Lecture 33 - Geotechnical intervention in the restoration of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Lecture 34 - The Simple Harmonic Motion