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CE-802 (B) Foundation Engineering Notes

5 notes for Foundation Engineering, unit by unit.

Unit 1 · Short notes 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
Unit 2 · Short notes Shallow Foundation 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
Unit 3 · Short notes Pile foundations 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
Unit 4 · Short notes Foundations on problematic soil & Introduction to Geosynthetics 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 5 · Short notes Lateral Earth Pressure 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

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