Foundation Engineering
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Foundation Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Foundation Engineering (subject code 2180609) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 8 divides the course into 5 units, covering 48 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2180609)Unit 1 Selection of foundation and Sub-soil exploration/investigation
- Types of foundation
- Factors affecting the selection of type of foundations
- steps in choosing types of foundation based on soil condition
- Objectives and planning of exploration program
- methods of exploration-wash boring and rotary drilling-depth of boring
- soil samples and soil samplers-representative and undisturbed sampling
- field penetration tests: SPT, SCPT
- Introduction to geophysical methods
- Bore log and report writing
- data interpretation
Unit 2 Shallow Foundation
- significant depth
- design criteria
- modes of shear failures. 10 25 Detail study of bearing capacity theories (Prandtl
- bearing capacity determination using IS Code
- Presumptive bearing capacity
- components of settlement & its estimation
- permissible settlement
- Proportioning of footing for equal settlement
- allowable bearing pressure
- Bearing capacity from in-situ tests( SPT, SCPT
- PLATE LOAD)
- Factors affecting bearing capacity including Water Table.
- Bearing capacity of raft/mat foundation as per codal provisions
- Contact pressure under rigid and flexible footings
- Floating foundation
- Types of pavements & its design
Unit 3 Pile foundations
- load transfer mechanism
- types of piles and their function
- factors influencing selection of pile
- their method of installation and their load carrying characteristics for cohesive and granular soils
- piles subjected to vertical loads- pile load carrying capacity from static formula
- dynamic formulae (ENR and Hiley)
- penetration test data & Pile load test (IS 2911)
- Pile group: carrying capacity
- efficiency and settlement
- Negative skin friction
Unit 4 Foundations on problematic soil & Introduction to Geosynthetics
- Significant characteristics of expansive soil
- footing on such soils
- Problems and preventive measures
- Under-reamed pile foundation-its concept
- design & field installation
- Significant characteristics of silt and loess
- problems & remedial measures footing on such soils
- introduction to geosynthetics-types and uses
Unit 5 Retaining walls
- Types (types of flexible and rigid earth retention systems: counter fort
- diaphragm walls
- sheet pile walls
- soldier piles and lagging)
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