Description: Engineering geology is the application of the geologic sciences to engineering practice for the purpose of assuring that the geologic factors affecting the location, design, construction, operation and maintenance of engineering works are recognized and adequately provided.
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 40 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- Engineering Geology40
- 2.1Lecture – 1 Introduction to Engineering Geology
- 2.2Lecture – 2 Geologic Structures
- 2.3Lecture – 3 Geologic Maps and Stratigraphic Sections
- 2.4Lecture – 4 Remote Sensing in Engineering Geology
- 2.5Lecture – 5 Physical Properties of Minerals
- 2.6Lecture – 6 Crystallography and Optical Properties
- 2.7Lecture – 7 Chemical Characteristics of Minerals
- 2.8Lecture – 8 Origin And Types of Rocks
- 2.9Lecture – 9 Origin And Types of Soils
- 2.10Lecture – 10 Igneous Rocks
- 2.11Lecture – 11 Sedimentary Rocks
- 2.12Lecture – 12 Metamorphic Rocks
- 2.13Lecture – 13 Weathering
- 2.14Lecture – 14 Sediment Transport and Deposition
- 2.15Lecture – 15 Introduction to Subsurface Exploration
- 2.16Lecture – 16 Introduction to Subsurface Exploration
- 2.17Lecture – 17 Sampling and Non – Intrusive Methods
- 2.18Lecture – 18 Index Properties and Classification of Soils
- 2.19Lecture – 19 Index Properties of Rock and Rock Mass
- 2.20Lecture – 20 Stress-Strain Behavior of Soil and Rock
- 2.21Lecture – 21 Stress-Strain Behavior of Soil and Rock – II
- 2.22Lecture – 22 In-situ State of Stress
- 2.23Lecture – 23 Geologic Considerations in Tunneling
- 2.24Lecture – 24 Geologic Considerations in Dam Construction
- 2.25Lecture – 25 Groundwater – Preliminaries
- 2.26Lecture – 26 Groundwater Flow
- 2.27Lecture – 27 Groundwater Flow – II
- 2.28Lecture – 28 Groundwater Related Engineering Issues
- 2.29Lecture – 29 Groundwater Over Utilization
- 2.30Lecture – 30 Plate Tectonics
- 2.31Lecture – 31 Plate Tectonics – 2 and Earthquake
- 2.32Lecture – 32 Earthquake Hazard Assessment
- 2.33Lecture – 33 Geologic Hazards – Seismicity and Volcanism
- 2.34Lecture – 34 Geologic Hazards – Shoreline Processes
- 2.35Lecture – 35 Geologic Hazards – Shoreline Processes
- 2.36Lecture – 36 Geologic Hazards – Landslide Hazards – Zoning
- 2.37Lecture – 37 Geologic Hazards Subsidence , Collapsible Soils
- 2.38Lecture – 38 Preparation of Geologic Sections
- 2.39Lecture – 39 Index testing of soil & rocks
- 2.40Lecture – 40 Identification of minerals and rock samples
