MTech Design Of Deep Foundations syllabus for 2 Sem 2020 scheme 20CGT23

Module-1 Single pile - Static capacity and lateral loads 10 hours

Single pile - Static capacity and lateral loads:

Introduction, Timber, Concrete, Steel piles, Corrosion of steel piles, Soil properties for static pile capacity, Ultimate static pile point capacity, Skin resistance, Static load capacity using load transfer, load test data, Tension piles, Piles for resisting uplift, Laterally loaded piles, Numerical problems.

Module-2 Single pile – Dynamic analysis and load tests 10 hours

Single pile – Dynamic analysis and load tests:

Dynamic analysis, Pile driving, Rational pile formulae, other dynamic pile driving formulae and general considerations, Reliability of dynamic pile driving formulae. The wave equation, pile load tests, pile driving stresses, general comments on pile driving, Numerical problems.

A d v e r t i s e m e n t
Module-3 Pile foundations 10 hours

Pile foundations –

Group, Single pile v/s Pile group, Pile group considerations, efficiency of pile groups, stresses on underlying strata from piles, settlements of pile groups, pile caps, Batter piles, Negative skin friction, Numerical problems.

Module-4 Well Foundation 10 hours

Well Foundation:

Design and construction. Bearing capacity, settlement and lateral resistance. Tilts and shifts, Numerical problems. Drilled Shaft: Construction procedures, Design Considerations, Load Carrying Capacity and settlement analysis, Numerical problems.

Module-5 Special Topics of Foundation Engineering 10 hours

Special Topics of Foundation Engineering

Foundations on Collapsible Soils: Origin and occurrence, Identification, Sampling and Testing, Preventive and Remedial measures. Foundations on Expansive Soils: The nature, origin and occurrence, Identifying, testing and evaluating expansive soils, typical structural distress patterns and Preventive design & construction measures, Numerical Problems.

 

Course outcomes:

During this course, students will be trained :

  • To analyze and adopt design skills of vertical and batter piles for various types of loading and soil conditions.
  • To design the sheet piles and under reamed piles in expansive soils.
  • To design the well foundations (caissons).

 

Question paper pattern:

  • The question paper will have ten questions.
  • Each full question consists of 20 marks.
  • There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
  • Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
  • The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

 

Text Books:

1. Analysis and design of Substructures (2009), Swami Saran, Oxford & IBH Publications Pvt. Ltd.

2. Foundation design in practices (2010)- Kaurna Moy Ghosh. PHI

3. Foundation engineering (2012)- J E Bowles, McGraw Hill

 

Reference Books:

1. Pile Foundation Analysis and Design H.G. Poulos, and E.H.Davis, John Wiley and Sons,New York.

2. Design of Foundation Systems (1992)N.P. Kurien: Principles & Practices, Narosa, New Delhi

3. Foundation Engineering Hand Book (1990), H. F. Winterkorn and H Y Fang GalgotiaBooksource

Categories

VTU Updates