Civil Engineering

Course Content 1) Introduction to waste water engineering 2) Sources of wastewater, 3) Waste characteristics  chemical characteristics  biological characteristics,  bacteriological examination 4) Oxygen demand and kinematics of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and removal. 5) Waste water collection and conveyance, 6) Waste water treatment: preliminary, primary, secondary (trickling filters, activated sludge process), oxidation ponds 7) Disposal of sewage including handling and disposal o...

1. Shear strength - Principal planes and stresses - Morhr’s circle - Mohr-coulombs failure theory  Shear strength tests - Direct shear tests - Triaxial shear strength tests 2. Stability of slopes - Stress and stability analysis 3. Soil stabilization - Mechanical and chemical methods 4. Site investigations - Reconnaissance - Sampling - Field tests