{"id":20883,"date":"2025-07-28T11:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/?page_id=20883"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:02:00","slug":"ce514","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ce514\/","title":{"rendered":"CE514"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics - CE514 <\/h2><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Credits : 2<\/p>\n

Prerequisites : –<\/p>\n

Compulsory\/Optional : Optional<\/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 impart knowledge on appropriate use of geosynthetics and on design of a suitable method of ground improvement.<\/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. Describe methods of ground improvement and to select the most suitable ground improvement technique for a given situation.<\/li>\n
  2. Recognise different types of geosynthetic materials and to evaluate their engineering properties.<\/li>\n
  3. Design a suitable ground improvement system using appropriate geosynthetic materials where required.<\/li>\n
  4. Evaluate the performance of soil stabilization, stone columns, jet grouting and deep mixing methods of ground improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Course content\/Course description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. Introduction to ground improvement and geosynthetics<\/li>\n
  2. Geosynthetics (materials, testing, applications and design)<\/li>\n
  3. Preloading (PVD\/vacuum)<\/li>\n
  4. Soil stabilization (lime, cement, flyash)<\/li>\n
  5. Stone columns, jet grouting, deep mixing<\/li>\n
  6. Other techniques of ground improvement (dynamic compaction, vibroflotation, blasting, vegetation, osmosis, ground freezing)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Recommended Texts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  1. Bergado, DT, Anderson, LR, Miura, N & Balasubramaniam, AS 1996, Soft ground improvement in lowland and other environments, American Society of Civil Engineers Press.<\/li>\n
  2. Das, BM 2011, Principles of foundation Engineering, 7th edn, Global Engineering.<\/li>\n
  3. Robert, MK 1997, Designing with geosynthetics, 5th edn, Prentice Hall.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\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>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tutorials<\/td>\n03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Practical<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Assignments<\/td>\n04<\/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
    Assignment\/Quizzes\/Design<\/span><\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    End-semester<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Report<\/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":"

    Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics – CE514 Credits : 2 Prerequisites : – Compulsory\/Optional : Optional Aim(s) To impart knowledge on appropriate use of geosynthetics and on design of a suitable method of ground improvement. Intended Learning Outcomes On successful completion … <\/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-20883","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20883","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=20883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}