GS 507: Engineering and Groundwater Geology

Syllabus​

Geology applied to engineering problems such as dam sites and reservoir foundations, highway and building structures, tunnels, geology of construction materials, landslides, case histories, engineering properties of rocks and soils, engineering classification of rocks and soils. Earthquakes and aseismic design of structures. Hydrologic cycle, groundwater occurrence and movement, water table and its fluctuations, aquifers systems, well hydraulics, recharge methods, conservation of ground water.

Texts/References

  • VF.G. Bell, Fundamentals of Engineering Geology, Butterworths, 1983
  • D.P. Krynine and W.P. Judd, Principles of Engineering Geology. McGraw Hill, 1957
  • I.W. Farmer, Principles of Engg. Geology 1976
  • D.K. Todd, Ground Water Hydrology, Wiley, 1980
  • H.M. Raghunath, Ground Water, Wiley Eastern, 1987
  • R.A. Freeze and J.A. Cherry, Groundwater, Prentice Hall, 1979