Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE6172 : Foundation Engineering Design Practice { 0-0-3 / 2}
Subject Nature : Practical
Coordinator : Prof. Rabi Narayan Behera
Syllabus
Estimation of bearing capacity of shallow foundations for various types of loading conditions such as centric vertical, eccentric vertical, centric inclined and eccentric inclined load, depth of embedment, friction angle etc. Estimation of elastic and average working settlement for shallow foundation subjected to centric and eccentric vertical load, Seismic bearing capacity and settlement of Shallow foundation, Estimation of deflection, slope, shear force and bending moment of shallow strip footing for various conditions using BNWF, Development of pressure bulb using Boussinesq’s equation, Estimation of pile load carrying capacity for both axial and lateral load. Stability analysis of slope, Analysis of different types of lateral earth pressure on retaining wall, Modelling and Analyses of Geotechnical structures using various Geotechnical softwares like Geo5, OpenSees, PLAXIS 2D and 3D etc.
Course Objectives
- Learn the design approach for various geotechnical structures
- Able to carry out stability analysis of slopes
- Able to perform the stability analysis of retaining wall, sheet pile wall etc.
- Able to apply MATLAB and other geotechnical softwares for design of geotechnical structures
Course Outcomes
CO1. Learn the design requirements for various geotechnical structures <br />CO2. To be acquainted with MATLAB coding to represent geotechnical problems <br />CO3. Learn to model and analyse geotechnical structures using geotechnical softwares like Geo5, OpenSees, PLAXIS 2D and 3D etc. <br />CO4. Able to carry out stability analysis of slopes, retaining walls etc. <br />CO5. Able to design various geotechnical structures using various Geotechnical softwares like Geo5, OpenSees, PLAXIS 2D and 3D etc.
Essential Reading
- Karuna Moy Ghosh, Foundation design in practice, PHI Learning PVT. Ltd. , New Delhi, India
- J. Bowel, Foundation Engineering, Analysis and Design, McGrwHill , New York, USA
Supplementary Reading
- PLAXIS Manual, ,
- MATLAB Manual, ,