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