Applied Science University
Faculty of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
(Course Syllabus)
Course
Title
Foundation
Engineering
Credit
Hours
3
Coordinator
Lecturer
Prof. Nuri
Al Mohamadi
Course
No.
805533
Prerequisite
Soil
Mechanics
(805332)
Reinf.
Concrete
(805424)
Year
(Semester)
(09 / 10)
Lect. /
Lab.
Lect.:(3)
Lab.:(0)
Rom
E - mail
Office
No.
Hours
Prof. Nuri 9013 almohamade@yahoo.co.uk As in
Al time
Mohamadi
table
Course Objectives:Upon successful completion of this course, student should be able to:1. Plan a site investigation program.
2. Know methods of drilling and sampling.
3. Understand sample disturbance mechanisms.
4. Understand in-situ testing.
5. Write the final site investigation report.
6. Understand bearing capacity theory and bearing capacity
equations.
7. Master the calculation of ultimate bearing capacity and
allowable bearing capacity for different types of foundations
and different types of soil and water table conditions.
8. Be able to calculate immediate settlement of foundations.
9. Be able to calculate consolidation settlement of saturated
clayey soil.
10.Know how to obtain relationships between settlement and time
and to calculate and draw time rate of settlement.
11.Calculate creep settlement.
12.Understand damage to structure caused by settlement and
differential settlement.
13.Understand structural tolerances to settlement and differential
settlement.
14.Master the complete structural design of:(i). Spread foundations including: square, circular, rectangular
and strip foundations.
(ii). Footings subjected to eccentric loading.
(iii). Rectangular combined footings.
(iv). Trapezoidal combined footings.
(v). Cantilever combined footings.
(vi). Raft (mat) foundations.
15.Understand active and passive earth pressure calculation.
16.Evaluate stability of earth retaining structures.
17.Master the structural design of reinforced concrete retaining
walls.
18.Know different types of piles and their use.
19.Calculate ultimate bearing capacity of piles using static and
dynamic formulae.
20.Master calculation of allowable loads of piles (working load or
design load).
21.Have an idea about pile groups and design of pile caps.
Course Description:Site investigations, Bearing capacity, Settlement of foundations,
Structural design of foundations, Pile foundations.
Prerequisite knowledge and / or skills:1. Principles of soil mechanics, shear strength, settlement
analysis, earth pressure theories.
2. Principles of reinforced concrete design, requirements of ACI –
code, ultimate strength design method (USD).
Intended course outcomes:Successful completion of this course should lead to the following
outcomes:1. The ability to plan, supervise and implement a site
investigation program, suggest a laboratory testing program,
analyze the information obtained, write the final site
investigation report.
2. The knowledge to calculate the allowable bearing capacity of
all types of foundations and soil conditions.
3. Mastering principles to calculate elastic (immediate) and
consolidation settlements and to appreciate the damage that
may be caused by structures due to settlement and differential
settlement.
4. The ability to carry out structural design of all types of
reinforced concrete foundations.
5. Knowing the principles to calculate earth pressure on retaining
walls.
6. Knowing different types of piles and their uses, and calculating
the bearing capacity of piles.
Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives
and outcomes:This course primarily serves the general goals that the civil
engineering department is planning to achieve. The following
information describe how this course contributes to the
undergraduate program objectives:1. The newly graduated students should be scientifically
distinguished engineers, capable of implementing different
development projects in the arab countries and abroad.
2. The graduated students must understand all the scientific
principles in his field and should be capable to design all types
of foundations.
3. The graduate should have the scientific knowledge that enable
him to pursue his higher studies at any university in Jordan or
abroad.
Course content:Week
1,2
Topic Details
Ch.1:- Site Exploration
Program:1. Planning of the
Exploration Program.
2. Methods of Drilling.
3. Sample Disturbance.
4. Methods of Sampling.
5. In – Situ Testing.
6. Geophysical Methods of
Site Investigations.
7. The Site Investigations
Report.
Reference
Chapter
2
Assessment
H.W(1.1)
3,4,5
6,7
8,9,10
11,12
Ch.2:- Bearing Capacity of
Foundations:1. Bearing Capacity Theory.
2. Bearing Capacity
Equations.
3. Effect of Water Table on
B.C.
4. Foundations with
Eccentric or Inclined
Loads.
5. Bearing Capacity of
Footing on Layered Soil.
Ch.3:- Settlement of
Foundations:1. Immediate Settlement.
2. Consolidation Settlement.
3. Time Rate of Settlement.
4. Creep Settlement.
5. Structural Tolerances to
Settlement and
Differential Settlement.
Ch.4:- Structural Design of
Foundations:1. Design of Spread
Foundation.
2. Design of Combined
Rectangular Footings.
3. Design of Trapezoidal
Footings.
4. Design of Cantilever
Footings.
5. Design of Mat
Foundations.
Ch.5:- Earth Retaining
Structures:1. Active and Passive Earth
Pressure (Review).
2. Stability of R.C Retaining
Walls.
3. Design of R.C Retaining
walls.
4. Sheet Pile Walls.
3
H.W(2.1)
H.W(2.2)
3
1st Exam
H.W(3.1)
Appendix
(A)
P.(774)
&
Ch.4
H.W(4.1)
H.W(4.2)
H.W(4.3)
5
H.W(5.1)
13,14,
15,16
Ch.6:- Pile Foundations:1. Use of Piles.
2. Types of Piles.
3. Ultimate B.C. of Single
Pile by Static Formula.
4. Ultimate B.C. of Single
Pile by Dynamic Formula.
5. Pile Load Test.
Ch.7:- Pile Groups:1. Distribution of Loads on
Piles.
2. Structural Design of Pile
Caps.
8
Text Book:Principles of Foundation Engineering, (4th .ed. 2000)
B.M.Das
PWS – Kent.
References:1. Foundation Analysis and Design, (5th .ed. 1997)
J.E Bowles
McGraw – Hill Book Company.
2. Foundation Design, (1995)
J.M.Cernica
Wiley.
Course Evaluation:-
Quizzes, Home works
First Exam
Second Exam
Final Exam
Total
10%
20%
20%
50%
100%
2nd Exam