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College of Engineering
Departments
of Ocean/Civil and Environmental Engineering
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CVE/OCE 483 Foundation Engineering
Spring
2008
Instructor:
Dr. Chris Baxter
Place: Bliss 206
Time: MWF 10-11
Credit: 3 |
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of an anchored bulkhead in Newport, RI. |
Course Description:
Applications of geotechnical engineering principles to analysis and
design of shallow foundations. Topics include foundation types, bearing
capacity, settlement analysis, shallow foundations, earth pressures,
retaining walls, introduction to deep foundations. (Lec. 3) Pre: CVE381
or equivalent.
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Course
Outline:
1. Introduction and course organization
2. Review of soil mechanics
a. Three “laws” of
soil mechanics
b. Shear strength of soils
3. Site exploration and characterization
a. Drilling and sampling
b. Geotechnical profiles
c. Standard penetration test
d. Correlations to engineering properties
4. Earth pressure theory
a. At-rest earth pressures
b. Active and passive earth pressures
c. Movement necessary to mobilize earth pressures
d. Rankine earth pressure theory
e. Coulomb earth pressure theory
5. Design of gravity retaining structures
a. Earth pressures of design
b. Effect of surface loads
c. Sliding, overturning, bearing failure
d. Position of resultants
6. Bearing capacity of shallow foundations
a. Types of failures
b. Bearing capacity theory
c. Bearing capacity factors
7. Settlement of shallow foundations
a. Shallow foundations on sand
b. Shallow foundations on clay
8. Introduction to deep foundations
a. Types of deep foundations
b. Static capacity of piles and drilled shafts
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