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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
Advanced Soil Mechanics program is an excellent course for anyone who wants to brush up and reinforce their foundational concepts learned during their undergraduate training. It deals with various topics related to geotechnical engineering that are studied by postgraduate students from the basics. Topics such as continuum mechanics and geomechanical characteristics of soil will be explored.
Advanced Soil Mechanics certification is an elective course in the field of civil engineering and structural analysis. It has been approved by the All India Council for Technical Education as an FDP for the faculty development program. The course syllabus has been developed by IIT Guwahati in association with Swayam.
Advanced Soil Mechanics is a twelve-week long course that employs assignments and a final exam to motivate students and help them evaluate their progress. The course also offers an e-certificate which will be awarded after completing the course successfully. While all the lectures will be held online, the exam will be held in person at the various designated exam centers.
The Highlights
- Elective course in civil engineering and structural analysis
- Undergraduate/postgraduate course
- Twelve week-long online course
- Verifiable e-certificate available
- IIT Guwahati educator
- The website offers a list of books and references for additional study
- Final proctored exam
- Assignments
Important dates
Course Commencement Date
Start Date : 20 Jan, 2025
End Date : 11 Apr, 2025
Enrollment Date
End Date : 27 Jan, 2025
Other
End Date : 14 Feb, 2025
Certificate Exam Date
Start Date : 26 Apr, 2025
Programme Offerings
- Books and references for additional study
- Verifiable e-certificate available
- IIT Guwahati educator
- assignments
- Undergraduate/Postgraduate Course
- Elective course in civil engineering and structural analysis
- 12 week-long online course.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | IIT Guwahati (IITG) |
Advanced Soil Mechanics program fee structure
Course Name | Fee |
Exam Fees | Rs. 1,000 |
Eligibility Criteria
Participants who want to study in the Advanced Soil Mechanics program have different eligibility criteria depending on their educational qualifications. For postgraduate students, there are no prerequisites. Undergraduate students need to undergo a basic course in geotechnical engineering beforehand.
To qualify for a certificate, candidates need to achieve a minimum final score of 40/100. However, this is preconditioned wherein candidates need to score a minimum of 10/25 in their average assignment score and a minimum of 30/75 in the final exam score. The final score on the certificate will be the summation of the exam score and the assignment score.
What you will learn
Advanced Soil Mechanics program will clear any lingering doubts and reinforce the foundation of the following topics:
- Basic soil mechanics concepts
- Soil strength behavior
- Stress-strain response
- Continuum mechanics
- Topics related to geotechnical engineering
Who it is for
The intended audience for the course of Advanced Soil Mechanics is undergraduate students of civil engineering and postgraduate and doctoral candidates of geotechnical engineering. However, anyone who is interested in the course is encouraged to join.
Admission Details
Advanced Soil Mechanics by Swayam has the below-given admission process for enrolment.
- Go to the Swayam website that features the course at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ce02/preview and select the 'Sign-in/Register' button on the top right-hand side corner of the page.
- Sign in using an email address and password or log in with credentials. An alternative way to skip the sign-in/login process is to use a Microsoft, Google, or Facebook account.
- Fill the online application and pay the exam fee is required.
- Once the process has been fulfilled, forms scrutinized and payment confirmed, the admission process is complete.
Application Details
Advanced Soil Mechanics program's online application form can be accessed by logging in or signing in to the Swayam website. One can use the Microsoft, Facebook, or Google account or a valid email address and password for the same.
The Syllabus
Introduction to course contents
- Transformation of the stress tensor
- Stress acting on a plane
- Stress acting on a plane example
- Stress at a point-Cauchy stress
- Stress at a point-Stress tensor
- Stress invariants
- Principal stresses and Eigenvectors
- Cause-effect relationship
- Relationship between stress invariants
- Strain in soil
- Important constitutive relationship
- 3D to 2D idealization
- Mathematical formulation of plane stress, plane strain
- Mathematical formulation of axisymmetric conditions
- Summary of Module 1
- Basics of shear strength
- Stress representation
- Shear strength cohesive soil
- Shear strength cohesive soil - Stress-strain
- Shear strength granular soil
- Pore water pressure and Skempton’s equation
- Overall pore water pressure parameter
- Pore water pressure -plane strain-effect of sampling
- Pore water pressure estimation
- Triaxial test
- Interpretation triaxial test-UU UCS
- Interpretation triaxial test-CU
- Interpretation triaxial test-CD
- Some additional aspects of shear strength
- Summary of Module 2
Module 3 Stress path
- Stress path and representation
- Failure line in stress path
- Stress path-some common cases
- Stress path-some common cases
- Stress path-triaxial test-drained
- Stress path-triaxial test-undrained
- Stress path-additional undrained case
- Stress path-field cases
- Stress path-field cases
- Stress path problems
- Summary of Module 3
Module 4 Critical state soil mechanics
- Introduction-Critical state soil mechanics
- Introduction-Critical state soil mechanics
- CSSM-2 D representation
- Peak state
- Soil yielding
- Cam clay
- Modified Cam clay
- Prediction of soil behavior from MCCM
- Prediction of soil behavior from MCCM
- Strain from MCCM
- State boundary surface
- CSSM problems
- Summary of Module 4
Evaluation process
Advanced Soil Mechanics training has an e-certificate which will be awarded to participants who fulfill the below-given criteria. Participants must submit all the completed assignments as they carry 25% of the final score. 8 of the 12 best assignments will be taken into consideration. Participants must also appear for a final exam which carries 75% of the final score. The final score will be the summation of the exam score and the assignment score. The passing score is 40/100.
However, there is an additional condition. Participants who score less than 10/25 in assignments or less than 30/75 in the final exam will forfeit their certification. This condition supersedes the final calculated score, even if it is above 40/10.
Instructors
IIT Guwahati (IITG) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
This course will be taught by professor Pradeep S. from IIT Guwahati.
No. Flow characteristics and compressibility will not be covered.
Additional information about the Advanced Soil Mechanics program can be received on the Swayam website https://swayam.gov.in/
Yes. Google account can be used to sign into the Swayam website.