UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - College of Engineering, Trivandrum

08.705.2. Elective-III EARTH DAM ENGINEERING
L T P/D Cr
3 1 0 4
Module I
Earth dam – types – selection – requirements of foundation – materials of construction - seepage through dams
– determination of phreatic line – Casagrande’s solution – Kozheny’s parabola - entrance and exit corrections –
flow nets for homogeneous earth dams .
Module II
Stability analysis – method of slices - pore pressure during construction, steady seepage and sudden drawdown
– approximate analysis for the above conditions using Taylor’s stability charts
Embankment construction – compaction control – placement water content
Module III
Failure of earth dams – types of failure and damages – embankment compressibility and swelling – settlement of
foundations – movement of crest –Adverse effects of seepage – liquefaction and its prevention -
instrumentation in earth dams -
Control of seepage – cut off trenches – grout curtains – sheet pile walls – upstream blankets – relief wells
References:
1. Sherard, Woodward, Gizienzki and Clevenger --- Earth and Earth-Rock dams, John Wiley & Sons, New
York, 1963
2. Bharat Singh & Punmia --- Earth and Rockfill dams - Standard Publishers Distributors, New Delhi, 1988
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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