Printable Version| CEE-347 Foundation Engineering and Design |
Course Description:
Application of theories and principles of soil mechanics to geotechnical and structural foundation design. In-situ testing, subsurface exploration and soil sampling. Bearing capacity, settlement, lateral earth pressure principles. Design of shallow foundations: spread footings, beams on elastic foundations, mat foundations. Introduction to retaining walls: mechanically stabilized earth, concrete and sheet pile walls, walls for excavations. Design of deep foundations: single piles, pile foundations, drilled piers and caissons. Prerequisite: CEE 242.
Text book:Principles of Foundation Engineering, Thomson 7th ed., DAS
References:
Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Das.
Foundation Design, Principles and Practices, Coduto
Foundation Analysis and Design, Bowles
Foundation Engineering Handbook, Fang
Location and Hours: M,W
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Course Handouts in PDF
Disclaimer: Students are expected to keep their own notes. The handouts highlight the lecture content and are by NO MEANS a complete set. The instructor reserves the right to make changes that may not be reflected in the handouts below, it is the students' responsibility to keep a complete and current set of notes for each lecture.
Class Lectures| No. | Description | File |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction, Building Codes, Design and Load Requirements | Lect 1 |
| 2 | Introduction and Soil Mechanics Review | Lect 2 |
| 3 | Site Exploration - Part 1 - Sampling | Lect 3 |
| 4 | Site Exploration - Part 2 - Invasive Methods Inclass Exercise (Handout) Intro. to NDT- Seismic Methods |
Lect 4
Handout Lect 4b Soil Expl. |
| 5 | Bearing Pressure | Lect 5 |
| 6a | Bearing Capacity | Lect 6a |
| 6b | Bearing Capacity - Special Cases | Lect 6b
BC detail |
| 6c | Bearing Capacity - Intro to LRFD | Lect 6c |
| 7 | Settlement of Shallow Foundations Approximate Elastic Influence factors for Shallow Foundation |
Lect 7
Settlement details |
| 8 | Structural Design - Shallow Foundation Part 1a Intro. & Square Footing Part 1b, Combined loading Part 2 Continuous & Rectangular Footings Part 3 Combined Footings & Intro to Mats |
Lect8-1a Lect8-1b Lect8-2 Lect8-3 |
| 9 | Lateral Earth Pressure & Retaining Walls 1- Wall Types, Lateral Stresses, Rigid Retaining Wall 2- Flexible Ret. Wall - Cantilever 3- Felxible Ret. Wall - Anchored 4- Braced excavation and Slurry Wall 5 - MSE Wall Design |
Lect9-1 Lect9-2 Lect9-3 Lect9-4 Retaining Refs |