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CE 535 - Advanced Foundations & Retaining Structures

Catalog Description

Site investigation and characterization.  Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow and deep foundations.  Stresses from elasticity theory.  One-dimensional consolidation.  Design of shallow foundations, piles and drilled piers.  Foundations on rock.  Earth pressure theory and design of retaining walls and sheet piles.

3 credit hours (lecture)

Prerequisites

  • CE 435 Foundation Engineering

Schedule

Fall, 2009 : ES

Textbooks and Resources

Foundation Design Principles and Practices by Coduot, Latest Edition, Publisher Prentice Hall

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to provide an greater understanding of the application of soil mechanics to foundation analysis and design.  This background should enable the student to solve several practical problems likely to be encountered by geotechnical and structural engineers in practice.

Topics

Introduction and Review (1 week)

  • Shear strength
  • Drained
  • Undrained
  • Lateral Earth Pressure Theories
  • Stresses from Elastic Theory

Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) (3 weeks)

  • Introduction
  • Working Stress Design
  • Load Factors in Geotehcnical Engineering
  • Performance (Resistance) Factors in Geotechnical Engineering
  • Simple Example:  Design Based on LRFD vs. Working Stress Design

Geotechnical Site Characterization and Insitu Testing (2 weeks)

  • Subsurface Investigation and Borehole Layout
  • Borehole Investigation
  • SPT
  • Sampling
  • In Situ Testing
  • Dilatometer
  • Bore Hole Shear

Geotechnical Field Instrumentation (2 weeks)

  • Planning a Monitoring/Instrumentation Program
  • Common Types of Instrumentation Transducers
  • Considerations in Structural and Geotechnical Instrumentation
  • Types of Measurements
  • Other Considerations
  • Typical Applications and Results
  • Field Exercise

Shallow Foundations (1 week)

  • Bearing Capacity
  • Settlement - Clay

Deep Foundations (2 weeks)

  • Piles
  • Drilled Shafts

Retaining Structures (1 week)

  • Retaining Walls
  • Sheetpile Structures

Earth and Rock Anchors (1 week)

Professional Component

Relationship to Program Objectives

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