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    xCE741 Reinforced Earth and Geotextiles

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    This document provides an outline for a course on reinforced earth and geotextiles. The course objectives are to provide knowledge on earth reinforcing methodologies and the use of geotextiles. The course covers topics like the basic elements of ground engineering, characteristics of reinforcing materials, definition and advantages of reinforced earth, soil reinforcement interaction, behavior of reinforced earth walls, design of reinforced earth walls and geotextiles, field applications, testing of reinforcements and geotextiles, and applications of geomembranes. The expected outcome is that students will be able to design and use geotextiles as an earth reinforcing material.

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    This document provides an outline for a course on reinforced earth and geotextiles. The course objectives are to provide knowledge on earth reinforcing methodologies and the use of geotextiles. The course covers topics like the basic elements of ground engineering, characteristics of reinforcing materials, definition and advantages of reinforced earth, soil reinforcement interaction, behavior of reinforced earth walls, design of reinforced earth walls and geotextiles, field applications, testing of reinforcements and geotextiles, and applications of geomembranes. The expected outcome is that students will be able to design and use geotextiles as an earth reinforcing material.

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    This document provides an outline for a course on reinforced earth and geotextiles. The course objectives are to provide knowledge on earth reinforcing methodologies and the use of geotextiles. The course covers topics like the basic elements of ground engineering, characteristics of reinforcing materials, definition and advantages of reinforced earth, soil reinforcement interaction, behavior of reinforced earth walls, design of reinforced earth walls and geotextiles, field applications, testing of reinforcements and geotextiles, and applications of geomembranes. The expected outcome is that students will be able to design and use geotextiles as an earth reinforcing material.

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    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.

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