Foundation Engineering detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2017 regulation is taken from Anna University official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (CE8591), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
For all other civil 5th sem syllabus for be 2017 regulation anna univ you can visit Civil 5th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 regulation Anna Univ Subjects. The detail syllabus for foundation engineering is as follows.”
Course Objective:
- To impart knowledge to plan and execute a detail site investigation programme, to select geotechnical design parameters and type of foundations. Also to familiarize the students for the geotechnical design of different type of foundations and retaining walls.
Unit I
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Unit II
Shallow Foundation
Location and depth of foundation – Codal provisions – Bearing capacity of shallow foundation on homogeneous deposits – Terzaghis formula and BIS formula – Factors affecting bearing capacity – Bearing capacity from in-situ tests (SPT, SCPT and plate load) – Allowable bearing pressure -Seismic considerations in bearing capacity evaluation. Determination of Settlement of foundations on granular and clay deposits – Total and differential settlement – Allowable settlements – Codal provision – Methods of minimizing total and differential settlements.
Unit III
Footings and Rafts
Types of Isolated footing, Combined footing, Mat foundation – Contact pressure and settlement distribution – Proportioning of foundations for conventional rigid behaviour – Minimum thickness for rigid behaviour – Applications – Compensated foundation – Codal provision
Unit IV
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Unit V
Retaining Walls
Plastic equilibrium in soils – Active and passive states – Rankines theory – Cohesionless and cohesive soil – Coulombs wedge theory – Condition for critical failure plane – Earth pressure on retaining walls of simple configurations – Culmanns Graphical method – Pressure on the wall due to line load – Stability analysis of retaining walls – Codal provisions.
Course Outcome:
Students will be able to
- Understand the site investigation, methods and sampling.
- Get knowledge on bearing capacity and testing methods.
- Design shallow footings.
- Determine the load carrying capacity, settlement of pile foundation.
- Determine the earth pressure on retaining walls and analysis for stability.
Text Books:
- Murthy, V.N.S., Text book of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, CBS Publishers Distribution Ltd., New Delhi. 2014.
- Arora, K.R., Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Standard Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 7th Edition, 2017 (Reprint).
- Punmia, B.C., Soil Mechanics and Foundations, Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 16th Edition 2017.
References:
- Braja M Das, Principles of Foundation Engineering (Eigth edition), Cengage Learning 2014.
- Kaniraj, S.R. Design aids in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill publishing company Ltd., New Delhi, 2014.
- Joseph E bowles, Foundation Analysis and design, McGraw Hill Education, 5th Edition, 28th August 2015.
- IS Code 6403 : 1981 (Reaffirmed 1997) Bearing capacity of shallow foundation, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 8009 (Part 1):1976 (Reaffirmed 1998) Shallow foundations subjected to symmetrical static vertical loads, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 8009 (Part 2):1980 (Reaffirmed 1995) Deep foundations subjected to symmetrical static vertical loading, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 2911 (Part 1): 1979 (Reaffirmed 1997) Concrete Piles Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 2911 (Part 2): 1979 (Reaffirmed 1997) Timber Piles, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 2911 (Part 3) : 1979 (Reaffirmed 1997) Under Reamed Piles, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 2911 (Part 4) : 1979 (Reaffirmed 1997) Load Test on Piles, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 1904: 1986 (Reaffirmed 1995) Design and Construction of Foundations in Soils, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 2131: 1981 (Reaffirmed 1997) Method for Standard Penetration test for Soils, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 2132: 1986 (Reaffirmed 1997) Code of Practice for thin – walled tube sampling for soils, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 1892 (1979): Code of Practice for subsurface Investigation for Foundations. Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 14458 (Part 1) : 1998 Retaining Wall for Hill Area – Guidelines, Selection of Type of Wall , Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 14458 (Part 2) : 1998 Retaining Wall for Hill Area – Guidelines, Design of Retaining/Breast Walls , Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
- IS Code 14458 (Part 3) : 1998 Retaining Wall for Hill Area – Guidelines, Construction Of Dry Stone Walls , Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
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