CVEN 4340 – Foundation Engineering

      Fall, 2005

 

 

2006-2008 Catalog Data:         CVEN 4340: The practice of geotechnical engineering, geotechnical analysis and design of shallow footings, deep foundations, and retaining structures. Prerequisite: CVEN 3390, Corequisites: CVEN 4380.

 

Textbook:                                 Principles of Foundation Engineering, 5th Edition, B.M. Das, ITP/PWS, 2003

 

 

Reference:                               J.E. Bowles, Foundation Analysis and Design, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill, 1996

 

 

Instructor:                                 Mien Jao, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Department

 

Goals:                                       (1) Apply mathematics, science & engineering knowledge. Apply geotechnical engineering principles to the analysis of shallow and deep foundations, and earth retaining structures. Calculate bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations. Determine elastic and consolidation settlement of shallow foundations (ABET Outcomes # a)

 (2) Design a system component, or process to meet desired needs. Reinforced concrete design for shallow foundations. A system design includes determination of footing thickness through shears, amount of longitudinal and transverse steels through bending moment, and dowels from bearing. (ABET Outcomes #c)

(3) Identify, formulate and solve foundation engineering problems. Ability to identify and calculate the parameters needed (footing settlement, skin friction and end bearing of piles, and lateral earth pressure coefficients) for the design of foundations and retaining walls. (ABET Outcomes # e)

(4) Use techniques, skills and modern engineering tools. Use the computer program FLAC 2D to analyze a shallow foundation problem. (ABET Outcomes # k)

 

Prerequisites by Topics:            Geotechnical Engineering

 

Topics:

 

  1. Geotechnical Review
  2. Bearing Capacity of Foundation
  3. Foundation Settlement
  4. Spread Footing Design
  5. Combined Footing Design
  6. Lateral Earth Pressure
  7. Retaining Walls
  8. Sheet-Pile Walls
  9. Pile Foundations
  10. Drilled-Shaft and Caisson Foundation

 

Computer usage: Computational Analysis using FLAC-2D Program

 

Contribution of course to meet the professional component:

 

This course contributes to the engineering science and engineering design component.

 

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:

 

                        Engineering Topics:       3 credits or 100%