DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

This course will introduce students to knowledge, theories, and debates about how the world’s physical systems operate and the characteristics of different geological environments. The objective of this is to get students thinking about the big questions relating to the origins, make-up, and operations of the planet and how this relates to the engineering geologist’s job of predicting how near-surface rocks, soils and groundwater will affect any man-made structure founded on, or excavated into, the earth. The buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams, towers, railways, roads, wharfs, aqueducts, canals, pipelines, airport runways, underground power stations, subsurface tanks – all these structures are built within or on the ground. The successful construction of the public and private infrastructure requires a proper understanding of the ground conditions that supports or encloses these structures. After the completion of this course the students will be able to understand how an engineering geologist can use this knowledge to assist in the safe design and construction structures and the successful prediction of ground conditions and likely behaviour of that ground, which has a very long history.

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. To collect, analysis, and interpret geological data and information required for the safe development of civil works.

2. Independently carry out impact assessment and mitigation of geologic hazards such earthquakes, landslides, flooding.

3. The assessment of timber harvesting impacts; and groundwater remediation and resource evaluation.

4. The ground conditions and likely behavior of that ground during different developmental activities, like constructions of dams, underground mining, Tunneling  

COURSE CONTENTS

  1. Rock and soil mechanics and its application in civil engineering
  2. Study of geological factors in relation to the construction of buildings and foundations, roads, highways
  3. Excavation and tunneling
  4. Mine openings
  5. Dams and bridges
  6. Construction materials
  7. Slope stability analysis
  8. Hazard assessment
  9. Mass movement, their causes and prevention
  10. Application of geophysical methods for site investigation
  11. Construction in earth-quake zone
  12. Dams and their kinds geological investigations for selecting a site for a dam
  13. Landslides
  14. Classification, geometry, causes and preventive methods
  15. Ground water and character of ground water
  16. Case histories of important engineering projects (small and mega) in Pakistan

READINGS

  1. Attewell, P. B., & Farmer, I. W. (2012). Principles of engineering geology. Springer Science & Business Media.
  2. Waltham, T. (2002). Foundations of engineering geology. CRC Press.
  3. Bell, F. G. (2016). Fundamentals of engineering geology. Elsevier.
  4. Blyth, F. G. H., & De Freitas, M. (2017). A geology for engineers. CRC Press.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week

Topics and Readings

Reading and Materials

1 & 2

Introduction &  Scope

week-1-2-a.pdf

week-1-2-b.pdf

3 & 4

Description, Properties and Behaviour of Soils and Rocks

week-3-4-a.pdf

week-3-4-b.pdf

5 & 6

Site Investigation

week-5-6-a.pdf

week-5-6-b.pdf

7  & 8

Geotechnical Parameters

 

week-7-8-a.pdf

week-7-8-b.pdf

9

Organization, Design and Reporting of Site Investigations

week-9.pdf

10 & 11

Analysis, design and construction

week-10-11-a.pdf

week-10-11-b.pdf

12

Geohazards

week-12.pdf

13 & 14

Landslides and Other Slope Failures

week-13-14.pdf

15 & 16

Ground Subsidence, Collapse, and Heave

week-15-16.pdf

 

RESEARCH PROJECT /PRACTICALS /LABS /ASSIGNMENTS

Each student shall present atleast 4 recent most research papers addressing contemporary problems in Engineering Geology

Each student shall submit a term paper before last week of semester

COURSE START DATE :  March, 02, 2020

COURSE END DATE:       June, 22, 2020

CLASS TIMING : 

                            Monday :  02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

                           Tuesday : 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

                           Wednesday : 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Sessional: 20 (Presentation + Participation + Assignments)

Midterm exam: 30

Final exam: 50

Total: 100

Course Material