Subject Code: CE4L043 Subject Name: Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): None
Introduction to numerical modeling in Geotechnical Engineering, constitutive modelling, review of  basic concepts, solution of nonlinear systems of equations, finite difference method, finite element method, constitutive modeling of soil response, large deformation – large strain analysis, applications: flow and consolidation, groundwater and seepage, slopes and cuts, embankments, shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, tunnels and caverns and rock Mechanics.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Desai C.S. and Christian J.T.Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, McGraw-Hill Publishers.
  2. Potts D.M. and Zdravkovic L.Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering: Theory and Application, Thomas Telford Publishing.
  3. Benz T. and Nordal S.Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering: NUMGE 2010, CRC Press.
  4. Christian J.T.Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, McGraw-Hill Publishers.