Foundations

Grading of the course requires grading of the following courses:

Soil Mechanics (135MEZE)

Lecturer:

Jiří Barták, Josef Jettmar, Jan Kos

Tutor:

Jan Salák, Jiří Barták, Jan Bečvář, Jaroslav Beňo, Michal Bubeníček, Jan Čeněk, Taťana Holoušová, Věroslav Hrubý, Petr Chamra, Soňa Janderová, Daniel Jirásko, Jan Kos, Jan Kubů, Petr Lapiš, Jakub Lefner, Petr Makásek, Barnabás Polák, Josef Rott, Jiří Svoboda, Jan Valenta, Jan Veselý

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	roomTH:A-335 Veselý J. 09:00–09:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.381) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) A335roomTH:A-531 Beňo J. 10:00–10:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.382) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) A531roomTH:B-481 Jirásko D. 13:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.383) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B481roomTH:B-480 Jirásko D. 14:00–14:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.385) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B480roomTH:B-471 Jirásko D. 15:00–15:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.384) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B471
Tue	roomTH:B-978 Jirásko D. 14:00–14:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.372) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B978roomTH:B-378 Jirásko D. 15:00–15:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.373) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B378roomTH:B-876 Jirásko D. 17:00–17:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.371) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B876
Fri
Thu	roomTH:C-210 Kos J. 12:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) C210
Fri

Time-table for summer 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	roomTH:B-581 Holoušová T. 13:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.392) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B581roomTH:B-581 Polák B. 14:00–14:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.391) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B581roomTH:B-581 Polák B. 15:00–15:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.351) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B581
Tue	roomTH:B-581 Holoušová T. 14:00–14:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.318) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B581
Fri	roomTH:C-204 Kos J. 14:00–15:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) C204
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans: