Subsurface exploration :importance and techniques involved

By Prof.Abhishek Kumar | IITGuwahati

Learners enrolled: 697

ABOUT THE COURSE:
This course covers the requirement of thorough subsurface investigation, its important in planning and execution of the project. Classification of investigations to be adopted and challenges faced during many of the most complex civil engineering projects across the globe. Detailed discussion on methodologies starting with borehole drilling, rock drilling to advance methods such as electrical resistivity, geophysical tests, sounding, magnetic anamoly, dilatometer test, pressuremeter tests, ground penetrating radar will be covered along with numerical problems at various stages. In addition, dynamic testing on piles which is a very hot topic these days will be covered in the course.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Btech, Mtech, PhD students, industrial engineers, designers and people from field investigation firms

PREREQUISITES: Engineering would be minimum qualification to known basic soil mechanics.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Larsen and Toubro/ Risk Management Solution/ Gammon/ Nagarjuna construction may find the course useful.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Civil Engineering
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	25 Jul 2022
End Date :	16 Sep 2022
Enrollment Ends :	08 Aug 2022
Exam Date :	25 Sep 2022 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Importance of site investigation, Classification of investigations

Week 2: Test Pits+ Borings, Ground water table and rock drilling, Standard Penetration Test

Week 3: Cone Penetration test, Dilatometer Test, Pressuremeter Test

Week 4: Seismic refraction survey, Seismic reflection survey, Electrical Resistivity Test, Magnetic anomaly test

Week 5: Suspension logging test, Gravity test, Offshore and onshore investigations

Week 6: Drill ships, barges, Jacket up platforms, positioning, Anchored structure, pipelines

Week 7: Terminologies in Pile foundation

Week 8: Pile drivability test, Pulse Echo Method (PEM)

Books and references

1. Physical and Geotechnical Properties of Soil, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1985. Bowles,
2. J.E., Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw-Hill International edition 1997 by Bowles,
3. J.E., ASTM D 5882 – 07, Standard Test Method for Low Strain Impact Integrity Testing of Deep Foundations, American society for Testing and Materials.,
4.Dunnicliff, J. and Green, G.E, Geotechnical Instrumentation for Monitoring Field Performance, John Wiley & Sons, 1982.

Instructor bio

Prof.Abhishek Kumar

IITGuwahati

Prof. Abhishek Kumar did his Diploma and Bachelor in Civil Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh by the year 2007. Later, joined for ME in department of Civil Engineering at IISc Bangalore where he converted to PhD in 2008. In August 2013 after defending his PhD thesis, Dr Abhishek Kumar joined Larsen and Toubro as Assistant Engineering Manager where he was involved in developing guidelines for field investigations particularly related to seismic aspects. Later, in May 2014, Dr Kumar joined department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati as Assistant Professor. He has so far guided 5 Mtech thesis, one PhD thesis has been submitted under his supervision while two more are under progress. He is recipient of Young Engineers Award 2015 from Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and Institution of Engineers. He is also recipient of INSPIRE faculty award from Department of Science and Technology. In addition, he is also principal investigator for a research project under Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 25 September 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team