Foundation Engineering detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), R18 regulation has been taken from the JNTUH official website and presented for the students affiliated to JNTUH course structure. For Course Code, Subject Names, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the universities official website.
For all other CIVIL 3rd Year 2nd Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH, do visit CIVIL 3rd Year 2nd Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for foundation engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will able to
- understand the principles and methods of Geotechnical Exploration
- decide the suitability of soils and check the stability of slopes
- calculate lateral earth pressures and check the stability of retaining walls
- analyse and design the shallow and deep foundations
Unit I
Soil Exploration: Need – methods of soil exploration – boring and sampling methods -penetration tests – plate load test- planning of soil exploration programme, Bore logs and preparation of soil investigation report.
Unit II
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Unit III
Earth Pressure Theories: Active, Passive and at rest soil pressures Rankines theory of earth pressure – earth pressures in layered soils – Coulombs earth pressure theory.
Retaining Walls: Types of retaining walls – stability of gravity and cantilever retaining walls against overturning, sliding and, bearing capacity, filter material for drainage.
Unit IV
Shallow Foundations – Types – choice of foundation – location and depth – safe bearing capacity – shear criteria – Terzaghis, and IS code methods – settlement criteria – allowable bearing pressure based on SPT N value and plate load test – allowable settlements of structures.
Unit V
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Text Books:
- Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics by Gopal Ranjan and ASR Rao, New age International Pvt . Ltd, New Delhi
- Principals of Geotechnical Engineering by Braja M. Das, Cengage Learning Publishers.
Reference Books:
- Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by VNS Murthy, CBS Publishers and Distributors.
- Geotechnical Engineering Principles and Practices by Cuduto, PHI International.
- Analysis and Design of Substructures – Swami Saran, Oxford and IBH Publishing company Pvt Ltd (1998)
- Geotechnical Engineering by S. K.Gulhati and Manoj Datta – Tata Mc.Graw Hill Publishing company New Delhi. 2005.
- Bowles, J.E., (1988) Foundation Analysis and Design – 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing company, Newyork.
For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of B.Tech 3rd Year Civil Engineering, visit CIVIL 3rd Year Syllabus Subjects.
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