{"id":20702,"date":"2025-07-24T15:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/?page_id=20702"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:22:16","slug":"ce310","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ce310\/","title":{"rendered":"CE310"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Credits : 3<\/p>\n

Prerequisites : CE204<\/span><\/p>\n

Compulsory\/Optional : Compulsory<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aim(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
To provide knowledge of how to conduct geotechnical investigations and analyse geotechnical structures such as slopes, retaining structures and foundations.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Intended Learning Outcomes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Analyse stability problems of natural and man-made slopes using limit equilibrium and earth pressure theories and propose appropriate remedial measures including internally or externally stabilised retaining structures.<\/li>\n
  2. Analyse isolated or combined shallow foundations in cohesive and cohesionless soils.<\/li>\n
  3. Analyse deep foundations in cohesive and cohesionless soils<\/li>\n
  4. Organize and perform a site investigation programme to select sites suitable for geotechnical construction and to obtain material profile and parameters required for design.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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  1. Stability of slopes :<\/a> Failure surfaces, total & effective stress analyses<\/li>\n
  2. Lateral earth pressure & retaining walls :<\/a> Active and passive earth pressure, Rankine theory, Coulomb theory, retaining structures & stability, internally stabilised walls<\/li>\n
  3. Shallow foundations :<\/a> Foundation types, bearing capacity, allowable bearing capacity, settlement calculation<\/li>\n
  4. Deep foundations :<\/a> Pile types, single pile, pile groups, settlement calculation<\/li>\n
  5. Rocks :<\/a> Engineering classification of rocks, engineering properties of rocks, rock failure criteria<\/li>\n
  6. Site selection and site investigation : <\/a>Site selection for engineering projects, Introduction to geohazards, direct and indirect methods of site investigation, sampling and sampling methods, site investigation report<\/li>\n
  7. Ground improvement, sheet piles, braced excavations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Recommended Texts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. Abramson, LW 2002, Slope stability and stabilization methods, 2nd edn, John Wiley & Sons.<\/li>\n
  2. Coduto, DP 2011, Geotechnical Engineering: principles and practices.2nd edn, Pearson.<\/li>\n
  3. Das, BM 2008, Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering, 4th edn, Nelson.<\/li>\n
  4. Robert, WD 1999, Geotechnical and foundation engineering: design & constructions, McGraw-Hill.<\/li>\n
  5. Robert, MK 2012, Designing with geosynthetics, 6th edn, Prentice hall.<\/li>\n
  6. Bowles, JE 1997, Foundation analysis and design, 5th edn, McGraw Hill.<\/li>\n
  7. Tomlinson, MJ 2001, Foundation design and construction, 7th edn, Pearson.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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    Time Allocation<\/th>\nHours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Lectures<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tutorials<\/td>\n04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Practical<\/td>\n02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Assignments<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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    Assessment<\/th>\nPercentage Marks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    In-course<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tutorials\/Quizzes<\/span><\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mid Semester Examination<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    End-semester<\/strong><\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Geotechnical Engineering – CE310 Credits : 3 Prerequisites : CE204 Compulsory\/Optional : Compulsory Aim(s) To provide knowledge of how to conduct geotechnical investigations and analyse geotechnical structures such as slopes, retaining structures and foundations. Intended Learning Outcomes On successful completion of … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20702","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}