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Foundation Engineering: Kousik Deb

This document outlines the lecture plan for a foundation engineering course. Over 12 weeks, topics such as soil exploration methods, shallow and deep foundation design, lateral earth pressures, retaining structures, and underground conduits will be covered. Key reference materials are also listed. The design of foundations requires understanding the load on the foundation, building code requirements, soil behavior, and geological conditions to support the foundation system. Properties like grain size distribution, weight-volume relationships, and unit weights are important for characterizing geotechnical properties of soils.

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Foundation Engineering: Kousik Deb

This document outlines the lecture plan for a foundation engineering course. Over 12 weeks, topics such as soil exploration methods, shallow and deep foundation design, lateral earth pressures, retaining structures, and underground conduits will be covered. Key reference materials are also listed. The design of foundations requires understanding the load on the foundation, building code requirements, soil behavior, and geological conditions to support the foundation system. Properties like grain size distribution, weight-volume relationships, and unit weights are important for characterizing geotechnical properties of soils.

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FOUNDATION ENGINEERING

Kousik Deb
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kharagpur

Lecture 01: Introduction-I


Detailed course plan
• Week 1 : Introduction, Soil Exploration

• Week 2 : Penetration Tests, Geophysical Exploration

• Week 3 : Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations

• Week 4: Settlement of Shallow Foundation

• Week 5 : Design of Shallow Foundations


• Week 6 : Deep Foundation, Load Transfer Mechanism in Piles, Pile Capacity
Pile Load Test
• Week 7 : Pile Group Capacity, Settlement of Pile, Design of Pile Foundation
• Week 8 : Lateral Earth Pressure- I
• Week 9 : Lateral Earth Pressure- II
• Week 10 : Earth Retaining Structures
• Week 11: Sheet Piles and Braced Excavation
• Week 12: Soil Arching, Underground Conduits
List of Reference materials and Books

• Arora, K.R., “Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.” Standard Publisher, New Delhi.

• Purnmia, B.C., “Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.” Laxmi Publication.

• Ranjan, G. , Rao, A. S. R., “Basics and Applied Soil Mechanics”, New Age International,2007.

• Braja M. Das, “Principles of Foundation Engineering.” PWS Publishing, USA. 1999

• Bowles, J.E., 1997. Foundation Analysis and Design, fifth ed. McGraw-Hill, Singapore.
The design of foundations generally requires a knowledge of factors as:

• The load that is coming on the foundation

• The requirements of the local building code

• The behavior of soil that will support the foundation system

• The geological condition of the soil


Geotechnical Properties of Soil
• Grain-Size Distribution
Generally determined by
Sieve analysis for coarse-grained soil
Hydrometer analysis for fine-grained soil
For coarse-grained soil
Uniformity coefficient (Cu)
D60
Cu =
D10
Coefficient of Curvature (Cc)

(D30 )2
Cc =
D60 × D10
100
• Well-graded soil 90
Well Graded
80

Cu > 6 for sands 70

> 4 for gravels 60

% finer
50

and Cc must lie between 1 and 3 40


Gap Graded
30

• Poorly-graded soil 20

10 Poorly Graded
0

• Gap graded soil 0.01 0.1 1 10

Particle size in mm
Weight-Volume Relationship

V
• Void ratio e= v
Vs

Vv
• Porosity n=
V
Vw
• Degree of saturation S (%) = × 100
Vv
• Moisture content w(%) =
Ww
× 100
Ws
Se = Gs w
Specific gravity of solids (Gs) is defined as the ratio
of the weight of a given volume of solids to the
weight of an equivalent volume of water at 4°C.
The unit weight of the soil at any water content or any degree of saturation can de
written as:
(Gs + Se)γ w
γ bulk =
1+ e
where Gs is the specific gravity of the soil, γw is the unit weight of the water (9.81 kN/m3 ≈
10 kN/m3). Specific gravity of solids (Gs) is defined as the ratio of the weight of a given
volume of solids to the weight of an equivalent volume of water at 4°C.
Gs γ w
γ dry = (in case of dry soil S = 0)
1+ e
γ
γ = bulk
dry
1+ w
(G s + e)γ w (in case of Saturated soil S = 1)
γ sat =
1+ e

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