1 Soil Exploration and Site Investigation
Planning of soil exploration programme, Field testing, Preparation of bore-log and
soil investigation report
Geo-physical exploration: Seismic refraction survey electrical resistively method
2 Shallow Foundations
Bearing Capacity from SPT and SCPT and Plate load Test data, Proportioning of
footing based on settlement criteria.
Beams on elastic foundation: Infinite beam, Finite beam, Modulus of sub-grade
reaction and effecting parameters.
Raft Foundation: Settlement and Bearing Capacity analysis, Analysis of flexible and
rigid raft as per IS 2950.
3 Deep Foundations
Pile: Tension piles, Laterally loaded piles: Elastic continuum approach, Ultimate
load Analysis, Deflection and maximum moment as per IS 2911, Pile load test
Drilled Shaft: Construction procedures, Design Considerations, Load Carrying
Capacity and settlement analysis
Caissons: Types, Sinking and control.
4 Retaining walls and sheet pile structures
Gravity cantilever and counter fort retaining walls: Stability checks and design
Sheet Pile Structures: Cantilever sheet piling, Anchored sheet piling: Free and fixed
earth support methods of Analysis, Braced Excavation
5 Design of foundation for vibration control
Elements of vibration theory, Soil- springs and damping constants, dynamic soil
parameters, Types of Machine foundations, General consideration in designing
dynamic bases.
6 Foundations on Problematic soils: Problems and Remedies
Reference Books:
1 Foundation Analysis & Design J.E. Bowels Mc Graw Hill
2 Principles of Foundation
Engineering
B.M. Das Thomson Book
3 Foundation Design Manual N. V. Nayak Dhanpat Rai Publication Pvt.
Ltd
4 Foundations for Machines:
Analysis and design
Shamsher Prakash, Vijay K
Puri
Wiley Series in Geotechnical
Engineering
5 Advance Foundation Engineering N. Som & S. C. Das
6 Hand Book of Machine
Foundation
P. Sirinivashalu & C.V.
Vaiddyanathan
Tata McGraw Hill
7 IS –1904, IS 6403, IS 8009, IS
2950, IS 2911 etc
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