Subject Code: CE4L042 Subject Name: Advanced Foundation Engineering L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): None
Bearing capacity of shallow foundations: Prandtl, Terzaghi and Meyerhof s method of analysis, safe and allowable bearing pressures, selection of type and depth of foundations, combined footings, mat foundations including floating raft, settlement calculations, Skempton - Bjerrum modification, and Martin s method, bearing capacity of layered soils, bearing capacity of footings on slopes, Deep foundations: mechanics of load transfer in piles, load carrying capacity, pile load test, lateral loaded piles, design of pile groups including settlement calculations, design of block foundation, well foundations, coffer dams, pier foundations, earth pressure computations on retaining walls and their design, earthquake response of foundations.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Das B.M.Principles of Foundation Engineering, Cengage Learning.
  2. Budhu M.Soil Mechanics and Foundations, Wiley Publishers, New Delhi.
  3. Coduto D.P.Foundation Design: Principles and Practices, Prentice Hill Publishers.
  4. Holts R.D. and Kovacs W.D.An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice Hall.
  5. Das B.M.Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement, CRC Press.
  6. Tomilson M.J.Foundation Design and Construction, Pearson Publishers.