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CE-305                                             SOIL MECHANICS-I

Nature of Soils:                              Origin, Formation, Soil minerals, Clay mineralogy, Soil structures, Particle shapes and sizes.

Composition and                            Phase diagram, water content, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation,

Physical Properties:                      specific gravity, unit weights, mass-volume relationships, Formation, structural & physical properties of clay minerals.          

Index Properties and                    Particle size distribution by sieving and sedimentation, In-Place density

Classification Tests:                      test, relative density, Atterberg’s limits and their determination, plasticity and liquidity index: Sensitivity and Activity of fine soils

Soil Classification                         Unified soil classification system, M.I.T. system and AASHTO

 Systems:                                          classification systems

Water in Soils:                                Free energy (pressure and heads), Capillarity and its effect on soil behavior, Electro-Osmosis, Darcy’s law, Seepage forces and their effect on soil stability, Design of filters, Factors effecting permeability, Permeability tests, Laplace’s Equation and its solution (Flow Nets), Methods of drainage and dewatering of soils.

Stress Acting in Soils:                   Soil mass stresses, effective stress and neutral stress, stress at a point and Mohr’s circle, Westergard’s and Boussinesq’s solutions, Pressure distribution in the soil mass resulting from different vertical surface loadings, Newmark’s influence charts.

Shearing Strength of Soils:         Basic principle relating to friction between solid bodies, Coulomb’s law, Shear strength          parameters, Shearing strength of granular and cohesive soils, Shearing strength tests and their results, effect of strain, rate and drainage conditions on shearing strength.

Compressibility and                      Mechanics of consolidation, One - dimensional consolidation equation,

Consolidation:                                coefficient of consolidation, compression index, Consolidation tests and graphical representation of data, Degree of consolidation. Determination of preconsolidation pressure, swelling clays and clay-shale

Soil Compaction:               Requirements, principle and methods including standard and modified AASHTO tests.

Wondering......

Sometimes the world seems to be pressing from all sides leaving you no escape from unknown fear. Everything you have worked hard to build turns out to be dependent on the factors over which you have no control. Only after creating a firm foothold you realize all the time you have standing on quagmire. The fate seems to be entwined with fears and uncertainties.

Fear is always of unknown, what you cant see. Numerous life time situations will certify to this fact, for instance, fear of being in the dark. Apart from this the fear about the future is always greater when the future is dependent on unknown factors which you don't know anything about. You can only wonder about these factors which you know nothing about. However, if the factors were known then you can plan for them eliminating the factor of fear.

So what should be the strategy in such situations when you are faced with unpredictable future having the potential to ruin your life's hard work in the matter of simply one wrong decision? Well no such theory or strategy exists following which will guarantee success. Life is ever-changing and complicated and the formula of success cannot be evolved as the situations faced in life cannot be always same. The factors involved in the failure of any person in any situation are numerous with one factor of which nothing can be done. That factor being the "fate". We all should realize that there is power controlling all of us, molding our lives according to a predetermined plan which is for our betterment. That power is, undoubtedly, our Creator, our Lord, who we know with different name, who we Muslims recognize as Allah.

Even though no formula of success exist, however, a general theory exists with high success rate. This theory is nothing but merely states that success if you give 100% of your efforts. If you do the required hard work coupled with sincerity and dedication then you have a great chance of laying your hand on success. The idea here being that once you have contributed your efforts sincerely and had left no stones unturned for achieving your cause then you have left no room for regret. You contributed the maximum you can and left everything else on fate. Whatever may be the outcome your efforts, success or failure, you will have peace of mind knowing there wasn't anything more you could have done.

I am sharing little of something which gets me going when the life gets all time down.

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FOR PAKISTAN….

Skimming through the TV channels last night, I glimpsed through the Indian movie “Rang de Basanti”. It is a blockbuster flick which became another mark of success for Amir Khan. A story which certainly goes directly to the heart has a deep message behind it. Bless the racism germs running wildly in my blood since birth; I am not a huge fan of Indian movies among many of their products. However this movie couldn’t impress me more. I have viewed this film couple of times before but last night it got me into thinking. It was thoughts which shook me from inside and I couldn’t help but penning them down.

For those who haven’t watched the movie here is the story for it would be difficult to follow without knowing the story. This movie “Rang de Basanti” is about 6 friends who lost their friend at the hands of corrupt politicians and government officials. The friends, students of a university, now set on the course to change the system. They are faced with hurdles and obstacles but their determination triumphs showing them the path of their course. For the rest of the story you will have to watch the movie.

During the course of their journey of changing the country prevailing system these students kills the Defense Minister. Now what struck me as stunning was the extent to which these students were prepared to go for achieving their goals. At this point many of you might argue this was merely a movie and it was recorded according to a well decided script. However if we eliminate this argument for the time being and believe this movie was basically a real story recorded then we will discover a very disturbing nature of humans. Being a university student I couldn’t imagine myself going to the heights the 6 friends went to achieve their goal. It was at this time I realized this unsettling fact about human nature. These 6 six friends had faced a very huge loss in the shape of their close friend. They were numb with the pain of this unbearable loss and it was this loss which was feeding their strength and determination. The idea of pain strengthening the determination of a person may sound absurd but this is the unbelievable fact. The person who is satisfied with life turns immune and insensitive to the problems of others. With the passage of time this person is encased in a shell turning him blind and deaf to the issues related with those around him as he is bothered only about himself. Now this shell will only be broken when he will be faced with a loss of great magnitude. Only after bearing the loss the person appreciates the problems of life and lives life in the truest sense.

Now if we look at ourselves with a criticizing eye to uncover the truth about us then we would realize that we are being encased in that impenetrable shell with each passing second. The condition of our country is far worse than we can even imagine. If we would start enumerating the problems or rather the visible signs that will eventually lead to the failure of our country then maybe an entire book could be written on it. However the thing to be borne in our minds should be that it is all down to us to take care of our country. Instead of being encased in a shell and simply caring for ourselves only if we could commence with the idea of working for all the people around us then visible signs of progress could be observed.

Our ailing country needs this medicine from our hands. It’s the least we can do to put our country back on the right path. This doesn't need any huge sacrifices from us. All we would be required to do would be to think about the greater good. Take a minute and sit back to analyze how far we have come on the road of selfishness. Everyday our latest model wide screen television updates us about some doctor's malpractice leading to death of a poor man's child. Everyday on traffic signals we watch without a care children begging while we sit in our air-conditioned cars waiting for the signal to turn green. Almost everyday we hear news about someone succumbing to suicide as life had gotten tough for him. We see our brothers in the Army fighting brutally with their brothers in remote villages and other sparsely populated areas. We see mutilated dead bodies of our brothers who became the victim of suicide attacks. Now how long will we continue to stand as bystanders, acting to be aggrieved over the sorrows and losses of others? How long will it be before we stand up to take some action over the loss of our brothers? Does an only blood relation matter to us? Are we free from bonds tying us to the people of same nationality, religion, race etc?  Just analyze this personal event to see our height of selfishness. I was sitting with couple of my friends when one, after reading a SMS, said three people are dead in a suicide bomb attack today. The other friend asked was it in Karachi? On hearing the reply in negative the friend exclaimed a sigh in relief. This event merely goes to show that just because this condemning event didn't take place in our home city so we shouldn’t be bothered by it. Plainly speaking unless we face a loss bereaving us of our personal possession or relations we would continue to be immune and careless to the worries of others.

We have all transformed into self-occupied machines that are running wildly after personally set worldly goals and objectives. We are suffering diseases like diabetes, depression, migraine and numerous others which have made our lives miserable. Instead of pondering over the reasons of these ailments we trust the medicines. The reality is that we are destroying the human traits. In other words we are quitting being human anymore.

Even at this point my mind is over-flowing with ideas and my fingers want to keep writing but I guess that would be digressing from my topic. To surmise I believe it would be more than sufficient if we all try to live as human beings are supposed. Simply by replacing self-interest with care of humanity we could change the course of this country. All we need to realize is that simply by performing our duties, whatever they may be, with sincerity and devotion we will be contributing to the betterment of our homeland and the world at large. Lets end with the hope that the moment of awakening approach us before we have to face any personal losses.

LONG LIVE PAKISTAN