Soil Mechanics- Syllabus for Mid Term

Unit A	Soil Formation and Classification
Unit A Topic 1	Formation of Soil, Civil engineering problems related to soil
Unit A Topic 2	Three phase diagram and index properties of soils
Unit A Topic 3	Classification of soil as per BIS, Consistency of clays-Atterberg limits
Unit B	Soil Compaction and Consolidation
Unit B Topic 1	Concept of compaction and  Laboratory compaction tests
Unit B Topic 2	Factors affecting compaction, Compaction in the field, Structure  and  engineering behaviour of compacted soils, Difference between consolidation and compaction
Unit B Topic 3	Components of total settlement; Compressibility, Terzaghi’s theory of one-dimensional consolidation; Time-rate of consolidation; Settlement analysis
Unit C	Principle of effective stress, Capillarity and Permeability
Unit C Topic 1	Principle of effective stress, Physical meaning of effective stress, Boussinesq’s theory
Unit C Topic 2	One-dimensional flow; Darcy’s law, Determination of permeability for cohesive and cohesionless soils, Permeability of layered deposits, Permeability as  a function of soil type, Capillarity