NPTEL : NOC:Expansive Soil (Civil Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Anil Kumar Mishra


Lecture 1 - Formation of soil

Lecture 2 - Index properties and classification of soil

Lecture 3 - Engineering properties of soil - I

Lecture 4 - Engineering properties of soil - II

Lecture 5 - Clay mineralogy

Lecture 6 - Properties of clay particles

Lecture 7 - Defination, type and behaviour

Lecture 8 - Mechanism of soil-water interaction

Lecture 9 - Swelling of expansive soil

Lecture 10 - Factors controlling DDL thickness

Lecture 11 - Determination of swelling properties

Lecture 12 - Classification and prediction

Lecture 13 - Factors controlling swelling of soil

Lecture 14 - Shrinkage behaviour of soil

Lecture 15 - Factors controlling shrinkage behavior of soils

Lecture 16 - Measurement of various shrinkage characteristics of soil

Lecture 17 - Cyclic Swelling-Shrinkage Behaviour of Soil

Lecture 18 - Thermo-Mechanical-Hydraulic-Chemical Behaviour - I

Lecture 19 - Thermo-Mechanical-Hydraulic-Chemical Behaviour - II

Lecture 20 - Thermo-Mechanical-Hydraulic-Chemical Behaviour - III

Lecture 21 - Mechanical Methods

Lecture 22 - Hydraulic methods

Lecture 23 - Chemical methods - 1

Lecture 24 - Chemical methods - 2

Lecture 25 - By inclusion or confinement

Lecture 26 - Foundation on expansive soil

Lecture 27 - Use of expansive soil for various geotechnical engineering applications

Lecture 28 - Closure lecture