COURSE PROFILE
Course Title : Foundation Engineering Course Number : CE362
Required / Elective : Required Pre-requisite : -
Catalog Description: Soil investigation. Use of in-situ and laboratory test results for design, bearing capacity of foundations.
Design of foundations over sand and clay deposits. Settlement criteria. Foundation pit.
Pile foundations.
Textbook / Required Material :
B.M. Das, Principles of Foundation
Engineering, CL- Engineering, 2003
Course Structure / Schedule : (3+0+0) 3/ 5 ECTS
Extended Description:
“Foundation Engineering” focuses on geotechnical design of shallow and deep foundations, including spread footings, mats, driven piles, and drilled piers.
Coverage includes bearing capacity, settlement, group effects, and lateral load capacity of the various foundation types. Additional topics include subsurface exploration, construction of deep foundations, and analysis of pile behavior using wave equation and dynamic monitoring methods.
Design content: Lectures and Laboratories Computer usage: %15
Course Outcomes: [relevant program outcomes in brackets]:
After successfully completing this course students should be able to:
1plan a subsurface exploration [3, 16]
2select appropriate drilling, sampling and field property measurement tools for different soil profiles [1,3,14,16]
3specify necessary laboratory tests to understand the site-specific behavior of foundations [1,3,14,16]
4evaluate laboratory and field data to select appropriate shear strength values to use in foundation analysis [1,14,16]
5apply the concept of Load-Resistance Factored Design to design foundations
[12,13,14]
6idealize a soil profile for analysis and design [1,3,12]
7apply bearing capacity equations in the correct manner [1,3]
8evaluate appropriate bearing capacity correction factors to use in design [1,3,12]
9identify the appropriate deep foundation type for different soil profiles [1,3,12,14]
10identify the phenomena which may affect foundation settlement and capacity [1,3,12]
11calculate side and tip capacity of driven piles in clay and sand [1,3,12]
12specify pile material types for various applications [1,3,12]
13evaluate pile capacity in the field using load tests, pile driving equations, and wave equation analysis [1,3,12]
Recommended reading :
1.
H.R. Yılmaz, Temel İnşaatı, Birsen Yayınevi, 2004.
2.
M. Guranette, The Foundation Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, 2009.
3.
Coduto, D. “Foundation Design: Principles and Practices.” 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall.

Teaching Methods : Lectures, Homework
Assessment Methods: [Related to course outcomes]
2 Midterm Exams [1, 2] (Average) 35%
Homework [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] (Average) 20%
Attendance 05%
Final Exam [1] 40%
Student workload:
Preparatory study 40 hrs
Lectures, discussions 35 hrs
Homework 20 hrs
Midterms, final 30 hrs
TOTAL ……………………………… 125 hrs = 25 x 5 ECTS
Revision Date : 04/07/2012 Prepared by : Esin Inan