Course: CEE 440
FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
GENERAL INFORMATION
2nd semester
Credits: 4CU-6UC
Lectures: T 12:00-14:00; R 12:00-14:00
INSTRUCTOR(S)
CÉSAR SAGASETA
Catedrático de Universidad. Departamento de Ciencia e Ingeniería del Terreno y de los Materiales.
ALMUDENA DA COSTA
Profesora Ayudante. Departamento de Ciencia e Ingeniería del Terreno y de los Materiales.
COURSE OBJECTIVE
Ground exploration: borings, sampling, in situ tests, geophysical exploration.
Elastic stress distribution in soils and rocks.
Limit analysis of geotechnical problems.
Shallow foundations: Bearing capacity, settlements.
Deep foundations: types of piles, bearing capacity.
Earth retaining structures: earth pressures, active, passive and at-rest cases. Design of rigid walls.
Diaphragm walls and other flexible structures.
Slope stability: types of slope failures in soils and rocks. Stability analysis. Corrective measures.
TEXTBOOK
Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering (2nd ed.)
Das, B.M.
Publisher: Thompson
Prublished 2005
GRADING
Homework:
Midterm exam:
Final Exam:
30%
35%
35%
COURSE SYLLABUS
Week
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Topic
Introduction
Geotechnical analysis. Ultimate and
Serviceability Limit States (ULS, SLS). Global
safety factors. Partial coefficients
Elastic solutions:general, basic cases
Distributed rigid and flexible loads
Layered ground; stresses around cavities
Problems
Problems
Limit equilibrium analysis
Assigned reading
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6.6 and 6.7
6.8 to 6.10
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L.N. Lecture notes
L. Lecture
PS. Problem session
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Problems
Shallow foundations: types
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Bearing capacity. Basic concepts
Long term and short term. Clays and sands
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Exam
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Problems
Problems
Allowable settlements for buildings
Settlement analysis. Sands
Settlement analysis. Clays
Problems
Problems
Deep foundations: types of piles
Bearing capacity (base and shaft)
Pile load tests
Problems
Problems
Driving formulae; settlements
Downdrag, lateral pressures; group effect
Problems
Problems
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Exam
Exam
Earth pressures: general theories
Active and Passive pressure. Rankine solution
Friction in walls. Coulomb's method.
Surcharges; special problems.
Problems
Problems
Retaining walls
cont
Problems
Problems
Braced excavations, construction
Analysis of flexible walls
Deformations. Bottom heave
Problems
Problems
Problems
Slope stability. Types of movements in soil
Types of instability in rock slopes. Factor of
safety
Methods of analysis. Infinite slope
Global equilibrium.
Problems
Problems
Methodsof slices
Problems
Problems
Problems
Problems
Problems
Soil improvement
cont
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12.1 to 12.5
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12.6 to 12.11
14.1, 14.2, 14.19
14.3, 14.5 to 14.10
14.13
14.11 and 14.12
14.14 to 14.17
11.1
11.2 to 11.4
11.5 to 11.7
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13.1 to 13.7
13.9
13.10 and L.N.
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S.P.W.
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L.N. and 9.1
9.2 and 9.3
9.4 to 9.6
9.7 and 9.8
Slope
Slope
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