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 421-431 Foundation Engineering

Credit Points

7.1

Coordinator

Mr J.R. Styles

Prerequisites

421-380 Geomechanics 2

Semester

2

Contact

24 hours of lectures 12 hours of and practice classes

Subject Description

On completion of this unit students will be able to analyse for both the bearing capacity and settlement characteristics of footings subjected to both static and dynamic loading.

Topics covered include: Shallow footings - Bearing capacity solutions. Settlement on sand and clays: Skempton-Bjerrum, Lambe and Davis Poulos methods. Raft foundations. Compensated foundations. Expansive clays. Machinery foundations. Deep foundations - Capacity and settlement of single piles and pile groups. Lateral load capacity. Field testing for pile capacity.

Assessment

An assignment of up to 5000 words (10%) and a three-hour open-book examination (90%)

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