Aksum Institute Technology

Faculty of water technology

Department of water supply & Environmental Engineering

Course Title: Foundation Engineering

Course Code: CENG 3172 Credit Hour: 3

Academic Year: 2015 E.C. Semester: II

Program: Degree Enrollment: Regular

Teaching & Learning Methods: Lectures with Discussion Instructor: Afewerki W. (MSc)

Course Outline:
1. Introduction.
2. Site Exploration.

 Purpose of Soil Exploration.

 Planning of Soil Exploration.

 Methods of Soil Exploration.

 Depth and Number of Borings.

3. Analysis and Design of Shallow Foundations.

 Bearing Capacity of shallow foundations.

 Settlement Analysis of shallow foundations.

 Design of shallow foundations.

 Isolated Footing.
 Combined Footings.
 Strap Footings
 Mat Foundation.
4. Analysis and Design of Deep Foundation (Pile Foundation).

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  Bearing Capacity of pile foundation.

 Settlement analysis of Piles.

 Design of Pile Caps.

5. Foundation on Expansive Soils.(Optional)

 Mineralogical and formation.

 Physical and Engineering Properties.

 Swelling / Consolidation Characteristics.

 Shear Strength Characteristics.

 Effects of Expansive soils on Foundations.

 Methods of preventing damages from swelling soils.

Specific Learning Objectives:

The specific objectives of the course are:

By the end of this section, the students will be able to:

i) Describe the purpose and structure of typical geotechnical site investigations.

ii) Describe the methods available and objectives for monitoring of geotechnical
structures.

iii) Describe a range of techniques for ground exploration and understand the quality
and use of samples for laboratory testing.

iv) Describe the different forms of in situ field test and the determination of
parameters for design.

v) Design a suitable site investigation for a given geotechnical structure.

Analysis and Design of Shallow Foundations:

By the end of this section, the students will be able to:

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 i) Describe the difference between ultimate and allowable bearing capacity, and
reasons for the different approaches to apply factors of safety.

ii) Describe the factors considered in the general bearing capacity equation and use it
to calculate the bearing capacity.

iii) Identify the cases where the assumptions of the general bearing capacity equation
are not valid and apply proper correction factors for these cases.

iv) Design shallow foundations on clay or sand that satisfy the allowable bearing
capacity requirements based on soil properties interpreted from laboratory tests or
field investigations.

v) Determine the distribution of stress increase underneath the foundation due to its
load.

vi) Design shallow foundations that satisfy the short and long term settlement
requirements.

Analysis and Design of Deep Foundation:

By the end of this section, the students will be able to:

i) Describe the load-carrying mechanisms for piles.

ii) Describe different types of piles and installation methods.

iii) Design single piles and pile groups that satisfy the bearing capacity
requirements.

iv) Calculate the settlement of single piles.

v) Design pile groups that satisfy the settlement requirements.

Foundation on Expansive Soils:

The problems associated with expansive soils are not widely appreciated outside areas of
their occurrence. The amount of damage caused by expansive soils is alarming. It has been
estimated that the damage to buildings, roads, and other structures founded on expansive

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 soils exceeds two billion dollars annually in USA and the same fact were happen in our
country even if the damage has not investigated up to now.

By the end of this section, the students will be able to:

i) Describe the origin and distribution of Expansive soils.

ii) Know the damage of caused by expansive soils.

iii) Describe the physical properties of expansive soils.

iv) Describe the mechanics of swelling such as Moisture migration, swelling

v) Describe the remedial measure that you are carrying out while you are working on
expansive soils.

vi) Describe soil stabilization technique on expansive soils.

Tentative Evaluation:
 Quize I.....................10%
 Quize II....................10%
 Assignments…………..10% ( Four Assignments)
 Mini Project…………...20% ( Analysis and Design of a building (G+8-1) Foundations)
 Final Exam……………50% (Open Book Exam it depends on the situations)
References:
The following books form a useful source of reference material:

Bowles, J.E. (1995). Foundation analysis and Design. 5thed. New York: Mc Graw Hill Co.
Budhu, M. (2000). Soil Mechanics and Foundation. New York: Mc Graw Hill Co.
Chen, F.U. (1975). Foundation on Expansive Soils. New York: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co
Coduto, D.P. (1999). Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices. New York: Prentice
Hall.
Das, B.M. (1981). Advanced Soil Mechanics. New York: Mc Graw Hill Co.
Das, B.M., (2002). Principles of Geotechnical Engineering.5th ed. New York: Brooks/Cole.
Das, B.M., (2004). Principles of Foundation Engineering.5th ed. New York: Brooks/Cole
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 Teferra, A. (1981). Soil Mechanics. Addis Ababa: Faculty of Technology, Addis Ababa
University Press.
Teferra, A. & Schultze, E. (1988). Formulae, Charts, and Tables in Area of Soil Mechanics and
Foundation Engineering. Netherlands: A.A. Baklema.
Teferra, A. (1992). Foundation Engineering. Addis Ababa: Faculty of Technology, Addis
Ababa University Press.
Tomlinson, M.J. (1995). Foundation Design and Construction, 6th Ed., London: Longman.

No. Days Morning [2:30-5:50] Afternoon [8:30-11:00]

1. Monday 18 Aug Lecture 1: Introduction Lecture 2: Site Investigations

2. Tuesday 19 Aug Lecture 3: Bearing Capacity of Lecture 3: Continue…

3. Wednesday 20 Aug Lecture 3: Continue… Lecture 3: Continue…

4. Thursday 21 Aug Lecture 4: Immediate Settlement Lecture 5: Consolidation Settlement

5. Friday 22 Aug Lecture 5: Continue…. Lecture 6: Design of Isolated footing

6. Saturday 23 Aug Lecture 7: Design of Combined Lecture 8: Design of Strap Footing

7. Sunday 24 Aug --------- ---------

8. Monday 25 Aug Lecture 9: Design of Uniform Mat Lecture 10: Bearing Capacity of pile
2008 foundation foundation

9. Tuesday 26 Aug Lecture 10: continue… Lecture 11: Settlement analysis of pile
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 2008 foundation

10. Wednesday 27 Aug Lecture 12: Design of Pile Cap Lecture 13: Foundation on expansive
2008 soils

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