Foundations 1

Grading of the course requires grading of the following courses:

Soil Mechanics (135SOME)

Lecturer:

Jan Záleský, Jan Kos

Tutor:

Jan Záleský, Jan Kos, Jan Salák

Supervisor:

Department of Geotechnics

Synopsis:

Basic design methods for shallow footings,

piles, retaining structures, foundation pits, sheet pile walls,

anchors and soil improvement. Principles of monitoring in

foundation engineering. Use of Eurocode 7. Selected case

histories.

Requirements:

135SOME Soil Mechanics

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Types of shallow footings, ultimate limit states and overall stability

2. Serviceability limit state design, immediate and delayed settlement

3. Shallow footings - stress distribution for ultimate and serviceability limit states

4. Types of piles, methods of instalation

5. Design methods and design considerations, pile load tests

6. Pile subjected to tension and transversal load, settlement of pile group

7. Types of foundation pits, analysis and design considerations

8. Dewatering of foundation pits

9. Types of retaining structures, analysis and design considerations

10. Sheet pile wals - cantilever, free-end method, fixed-end method

11. Analysis and design of anchors

12. Soil improvement methods

13. Site monitoring in foundation engineering

14. Eurocode 7: A powerfull tool in geotechnical design

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Understanding of design methods for shallow footings, piles, retaining structures, foundation pits, sheet pile walls, anchors and soil improvement, principles of monitoring in foundation engineering.

Study materials:

Das,B., M.: Principles of Foundation Engineering. Barnes & Noble,ISBN 0534407528, 2003., Coduto, D.,P.: Foundation Design: Principles and Practices. Barnes & Noble, ISBN: 0135897068, 2000

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri	roomTH:C-219 Záleský J. 14:00–15:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) C219roomTH:C-219 Záleský J. 16:00–17:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.390) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) C219
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: