NPTEL courses developed
Course Abstract
This course intends to bridge the basic soil mechanics concepts with the advanced topics related to stresses and soil strength. In the process, it will help to reinforce the understanding gained during the undergraduate learning and would help to alleviate any misconceptions related to the stress-strain response and strength behaviour of soils. Not all the concepts explained in this course are advanced, but attempts to add clarity to the knowledge gained at undergraduate level. This course is ideal for the orientation of geotechnical engineering post-graduate students and final year undergraduate students to the higher realms of geomechanical characteristics of soils.
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“Geotechnical engineering” has evolved as a highly multidisciplinary subject for the past few decades, dealing with a wide range of geo-hydro-chemico-mechanical problems. The subject has grown far beyond the conventional problems and a geotechnical engineer need to deal with environmental problems related to the reduction of waste, waste disposal facilities and cleanup of contaminated sites.
To effectively take up these new challenges, there is a need to acquaint with the knowledge of soil physics, soil chemistry, hydrogeology, and biological processes along with the principles of soil mechanics.
The proposed course on “geoenvironmental engineering” is a blend of geotechnical engineering and environmental concepts and introduces multidisciplinary problem domains to the undergraduate and graduate students. Case histories are discussed to exemplify the importance of this subject in the current age of rapid industrialization and urbanization.