Syllabus

Session 1: Interpretation and use of In-situ tests (SPT, CPT) to design foundations. (2 hours)
Session 2: Interpretation and use of In-situ tests (PLT, PMT, DMT) to design foundations. (2 hours)
Session 3: Geotechnical Design of shallow footing for compression, bending, and uplift. (2 hours)
Session 4: Design of piles under compression, lateral and uplift forces. (2 hours)
Session 5: Design of Well foundation. (2 hours)
Session 6: Design of soil slopes. (2 hours)
Session 7: Use of software package (MATLAB) to analyze and design foundations. (2 hours)
Session 8: Concept of Computer-aided design and use of software packages to analyze and design the Shallow Foundation. (2 hours)
Session 9: Concept of Computer-aided design and use of software packages to analyze and design the Pile Foundation. (2 hours)
Session 10: Concept of Computer-aided design and use of software packages to analyze and design Soil slopes with and without reinforcement. (2 hours)

Able to apply engineering knowledge.

Problem analysis skills will be enhanced.

Design/development of solutions for complex engineering problems.

Able to carry out investigations of complex problems.

Introduce to different methods of soil exploration and application to find soil strength parameters.

Design and analysis of shallow and deep foundations.

Analysis and design of well foundation in the presence of various forces.

Introduction to various methods of stability analysis of slopes.

Use of computer program to solve various foundation design problems.

M. Xiao, Geotechnical Engineering Design, Willey Blackwell

Harry G. Poulos, Edward H. Davis, Pile Foundation Analysis and Design, John Wiley & Sons Inc

Shamsher Prakash, Hari D. Sharma, Pile Foundations in Engineering Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Inc

N. S. V. Kameswara Rao, Foundation Design: Theory and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Inc