UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - College of Engineering, Trivandrum

08.807.1 Elective-V GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE
ENGINEERING
L T P/D Cr
3 0 0 3
Module-I
Seismology and earthquakes (basic concepts only)-Earthquake hazards related to Geotechnical engineering-
Wave propagation-Soil liquefaction-Susceptibility, initiation and effects of soil liquefaction- Laboratory and
Field methods for estimation of liquefaction potential-CSR and CRR.
Module –II
Measurement of dynamic soil properties-Seismic reflection and seismic refraction tests-Seismic cross hole,
down hole/up hole tests-SPT-High strain element tests-Cyclic tri-axial test-shake table and centrifuge tests.
Module-III
Introduction to bearing capacity and settlement analysis under earthquake loading –
Seismic design considerations- Codal Provisions - Site improvement methods for mitigation of earthquake
hazards
References:
1. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook, Mc Graw Hill Online library
2. Mike Jefferies and Ken Been-Soil Liquefaction –A critical state Approach, Taylor and Francis,
London, 2006
3. Prakash Shamsher, Soil Dynamics, Mc Graw Hill, New York, 1981
4. Steven Kramer, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Pearson, New Delhi, 1995
5. Richardt F E, Hall J R and Wood R D- Vibrations of soils and foundation- Prentice Hall Inc., 1970
6. Swami Saran, Soil dynamics and Machine Foundations, Galgotia, New Delhi, 2006
7. D.D. Barkan, Dynamics of Bases and Foundations, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1952
8. .E.E. S.P. Timoshenko, D.H. Young and William Weaver, Jr., Vibration Problems in Engineering, John
Wiley and Sons, 1974
9. P V Lade and J A Yamamuro-Physics and mechanics of Liquefaction, Taylor and Francis, London.
Question Paper: Duration:3 hours
The question paper consists of Part A and Part B.
Part A carries 40 marks. There will be 8 compulsory short answer questions covering entire syllabus.
Part B is for 60 marks. There will be 2 questions from each module. The candidate has to answer one question
of 20 marks from each module.
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