xCE741 Reinforced Earth and Geotextiles

L-T-P-CR: 3-0-0-3
PREREQUISITE: The student should have attended course of soil mechanics.
OBJECTIVE: To provide knowledge of earth reinforcing methodologies and the use of geotextiles
and their behaviour.
EXPECTED OUTCOME: The student should be able to design and use geotextiles as an earth
reinforcing material.

Detailed Course Outline

Theory:
1. Basic introduction to the elements of Ground Engineering, characteristics of reinforcing
materials. 6 Lectures
2. Definition of reinforced and advantage of Reinforced Earth. 5 Lectures
3. Soil reinforcement interaction. 5 Lectures
4. Behaviour of Reinforced earth walls. 4 Lectures
5. Basis of wall design, the Coulomb force method, the Rankine force methods, internal and
external stability condition. 4 Lectures
6. Field application of RE, randomly reinforced earth and analysis of reinforced soils, testing of
soil reinforcements. 5 Lectures
7. Definitions, functions, properties, and application of Geotextiles, design of Geotextile.
5 Lectures
8. Definitions, functions, properties, design and applications of geomembrane 4 Lectures
9. Applications, Geotextiles associated with geomembrane. 2 Lectures
10. Testing on geotextiles, environmental efforts, ageing and weathering. 2 Lectures
Texts/References Books
1. International Conference on Soil Reinforcement, RE and other techniques,
Paris, March, 1979.
2. Second International Conference on Geotextiles, Las Vegas, August, 1982.
3. International Conferences in-situ soil and rock reinforcement, Paris, October,
1984.