Subject Code: CE6L023 Name: Computational Geomechanics L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Prerequisite: None
Numerical modeling, constitutive modeling of soils and rock, continuum and discrete element modeling. Concept of stress and strain, principle stresses and strains.  Octahedral stresses and strains, finite element discretization of a continuum, geomechanics problems of plane strain and axisymmetric problem.  Failure criteria for soils, associated and non-associated flow rule. Finite elements for non-linear material problems in soil mechanics computational procedures. Finite difference approach. Simulation of soil-structure interaction problems, application in consolidation, bearing capacity and slope stability problems using numerical approaches.

Text/Reference Books:
  1. Desai C. S. and Christian J. T. Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, McGraw-Hill.
  2. Davis R. O. and  Selvadurai A. P. S. Plasticity and Geomechanics, Cambridge University Press.
  3. Potts D. M. and Zdravkovic L. Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering: Theory and Application, Thomas Telford.
  4. Christian J. T. Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, McGraw-Hill.
  5. Zienkiewicz O. C., Chan A. H. C., Pastor M. and Schrefler B. A. Computational Geomechanics with Special Reference to Earthquake Engineering, Wiley.