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The course (engineering philosophy) deals with incorporating the influence of environmental effects (either man made or natural) on conventional geotechnical engineering practices. It is gaining significant attention of engineers, researchers and planners due to rapid and uncontrolled industrialization, which yields a huge amount

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hazardous waste (contaminants). It’s a blend of geotechnical and environmental engineering and deals with studies related to safe disposal and handling of the waste, estimation of its spread and fate in the subsurface, methods to contain its spread in the subsurface and of schemes for remediation

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It also encompasses safe transportation and disposal, and development of suitable strategy for proper utilization

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this course highlights the importance and relevance of revising the basic concepts of geotechnical engineering so as to deal with the concerns raised by these issues, in the most befitting manner. In addition to this, the course focuses on pointing out the role and importance of the parameters and mechanisms that govern interaction of contaminants with geomaterials (soil and rock mass), and their degradation, due to the presence of chemicals and/or radio-nuclides in undesirable concentrations and at elevated temperatures, in the long-run.

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However, as contaminant-geomaterial interaction is an extremely slow and complex process, which primarily depends on their physical, chemical and mineralogical properties, it is quite difficult to study this interaction under laboratory or in situ conditions. This calls for resorting to various modeling techniques such as accelerated physical modeling, using a geotechnical centrifuge, finite element/difference based numerical modelling and physico-chemico-mineralogical modeling techniques.

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The contents of this course are mainly based on the research findings of the instructor and his Ph.D. and Masters students who have been instrumental in developing a unique laboratory (Environmental Geotechnics Laboratory) in the Department of Civil Enginering, IIT Bombay. For a virtual visit to the laboratory, please visit www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~dns/envigeotech.html

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PRE-REQUISITES PRE-REQUISITES

Adequate Concepts of: Soil Mechanics Rock Mechanics, and Geotechnical Engineering Sufficient Exposure to: Basic Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Materials..) Civil and Environmental Engineering An Inquisitive and thoughtful mind Unconventional observations (of the Nature)

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REFERENCES REFERENCES

• Lecture notes and ‘Interaction in the class’
• Information available on the Web
• Proceedings
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the International Conferences/Symposia

• International Journals:

ASCE, SSA, ASTM, Canadian Geotechnical Jr.

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Environmental Engineering and Geotechnical Engg.

References

• Dixon, J. B. and Weed, S. B., "Minerals in Soil Environments", Soil

Science Society of America, 1989.

• John F. Rees, “Contaminated Land Treatment Technologies”, Elsevier

Applied Science, NY.

• Acar, Y. B. and Daniel, D. E., “Geoenvironmental 2000: Characterization,

Containment, Remediation & Performance in Environmental Geotechnics, ASCE, NY.

• Hari, D. S. and Krishna R. R., “Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site

Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, Wiley, USA.

• Oweis, I. S. and Khera, R. P., “Geotechnology of Waste Management” 2nd

Edition, PSW Publishing Company, USA.

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Topics/Syllabus

• General Principles
• Introduction
• Nature of Soil and Environment
• Soil Technology
• Soil-water-air Interaction
• Shrinkage
• Swelling and Cracking Characteristics of Soil
• Hydraulic Conductivity and Mass Transport Phenomena
• Thermal and Electrical Properties of Soils
• Radiation effects on Soil
• Applications

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Course Evaluation

• Interaction during Lectures/Class (20 %)
• Home Paper Presentation (30 %)
• 3 hr. End Semester Exam (50 %)

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