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CE-802 (B) RGPV B.Tech

Foundation Engineering (FE)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for CE-802 (B)

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Selection of foundation and Sub‑soil exploration/investigation 10 topics
  • 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, DCPT
  • Introduction to geophysical methods
  • Bore log preparation
  • Report writing
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Shallow Foundation 13 topics
  • Introduction to shallow foundations
  • Significant depth and design criteria
  • Modes of shear failures
  • Bearing capacity theories (Prandtl, Rankine, Terzaghi, Skempton, Meyerhof)
  • Bearing capacity determination using IS Code
  • Settlement and components of settlement and 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
  • Contact pressure under rigid and flexible footings
  • Floating foundation
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Pile foundations 10 topics
  • Introduction to pile foundations
  • Load transfer mechanism
  • Types of piles and their functions
  • Factors influencing selection of pile
  • Methods of installation and load‑carrying characteristics for cohesive and granular soils
  • Pile load carrying capacity from static formulae
  • Dynamic formulae (ENR and Hiley)
  • Pile load test
  • Pile group – carrying capacity, efficiency and settlement
  • Negative skin friction
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Foundations on problematic soil & Introduction to Geosynthetics 5 topics
  • Characteristics of expansive and collapsible soils
  • Footing on problematic soils and associated problems
  • Preventive measures for problematic soils
  • Underreamed pile foundation – concept, design and field installation
  • Introduction to geosynthetics – materials, types, functions and uses
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Lateral Earth Pressure 5 topics
  • Active, passive and earth pressure at rest
  • Rankine’s theory of earth pressure
  • Earth pressures in layered soils
  • Coulomb’s earth pressure theory
  • Culmann’s graphical method
Unit 5 notes
Unit 6 Retaining Walls 4 topics
  • Types of retaining walls
  • Stability of retaining walls against overturning, sliding and bearing capacity
  • Drainage from backfill
  • Reinforced earth retaining walls
Read the full syllabus

Exam insights

Counted from 6 past CE-802 (B) papers.

Marks asked per paper, by unit

  • Unit 1 Selection of foundation and Sub-soil exploration/investigation 24 marks
  • Unit 2 Shallow Foundation 23 marks
  • Unit 3 Pile foundations 20 marks
  • Unit 4 Foundations on problematic soil & Introduction to Geosynthetics 15 marks
  • Unit 5 LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE and RETAINING WALLS 23 marks

Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.

Asked again and again

  1. Explain the Standard Penetration Test (SPT), the meaning of N value, why corrections are needed, and the overburden and dilatancy corrections applied to observed N.

    Asked 4 times: 2025, 2024, 2023

  2. Problems and preventive measures for foundations/construction on expansive and collapsible soils

    Asked 3 times: 2026, 2024, 2023

  3. Explain boring methods for subsurface exploration including rotary drilling technique with sketch and its advantages over other methods

    Asked 3 times: 2024, 2023, 2022

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