| Course Name | Advanced Foundation Engineering |
| Course Code | 23CIE342 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Civil Engineering |
| Credits | 3 |
| Campus | Coimbatore |
Subsurface Exploration: Boring, Sampling, SPT, CPT, Geophysical methods, Bore log and soil report. Shallow Foundations: Bearing capacity theories-Terzaghi, Meyerhoff, Hansen; SBC based on SPT, layered soils, eccentric and inclined loads. Bearing capacity on slopes, Foundation settlements
Design of Combined and Raft Foundations: Design of combined footings by Conventional and elastic line methods. Pile Foundations: Load transfer mechanism, Pile capacity in various soil types, negative skin friction, group action, settlements, laterally loaded vertical piles. Drilled Piers and Caissons: Design considerations, bearing capacity equations, Settlements, Lateral loads, Types of caissons, stability analysis.
Design of Retaining walls: Lateral earth pressure, Retaining wall stability. Sheet Pile Walls: Cantilever and Anchored sheet pile walls. Braced Cuts: Pressure envelopes and design of various components Machine Foundations: Free and forced vibration with and without damping, Elastic half space for rigid footings. Vibration analysis of foundations subjected to vertical, sliding and rocking modes, Design criteria for machine foundations.
Prerequisite(s): 23CIE211 Geology and Soil Mechanics & 22CIE301 Geotechnical Engineering
Course Objectives
The student should be able to conduct a site investigation by himself.
After site investigation one should be able to finalize the footing and propose the safe bearing capacity
To understand the mechanism of load transfer mechanism in deep foundations
To have basic idea of machine foundations
Course Outcome
CO1: Become confident to propose the safe bearing capacity (SBC) for any soil in any situations.
CO2: To be able to design and analyse SBC of Shallow foundation
CO3: To be able to design and analyse SBC of deep foundation
CO4: To be able to analyse retaining wall, sheet pile and brace cut
CO5: To be able to design and analyse machine foundations
CO-PO Mapping
| PO/PSO | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 |
| CO | |||||||||||||||
| CO1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| CO2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| CO3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| CO4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| CO5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Text book(s)
Varghese P.C., “Foundation Engineering”, Prentice-Hall of India Private Ltd, 2009.
Swami saran, “Soil dynamics and Machine Foundations”, Galgotias, 2012.
Reference(s)
Ninan P Kurian, “Design of Foundation Systems”, Narosa Publishers, 2009
ShamsherPrakash, “Soil Dynamics”, McGraw Hill, 1981.
Tomlinson M.J., “Foundation Design & Construction”, Prentice-Hall, 2003.
Joseph E. Bowles, “Foundation Analysis & Design”, Tata McGraw Hill, 1996.
Coduto, “Geotechnical Engineering Principles and Practices”, PHI, New Delhi, 2010.
Srinivasalu and Vaidyanathan, “Handbook of Machine Foundations”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004.
Swami Saran, “Analysis and Design of Substructures”, Oxford & IBH, 2008.
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