NPTEL Syllabus

Foundation Analysis and Design - Web course

COURSE OUTLINE
This course Foundation analysis and design goes deeper into the various aspects of
foundation engineering along with bringing out the advanced theories and practical
knowledge of foundation engineering. Each topic will be developed in logical progression
with up-to-date information with reference to codal provisions. The topics cover are
settlement and bearing capacity, shallow spread footings, mats and deep foundations, http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
foundation models, contact pressure distribution for footings, rafts, piles, soil structure
interaction studies and case studies. The advanced course material on foundation
engineering will be very useful to undergraduate students, post-graduate students,
teachers and practitioners. A number of problems will be solved to illustrate the concepts
clearly.

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Civil
Engineering

Contents: Settlement and bearing capacity; shallow spread footings, mats and deep
foundations; foundation models, contact pressure distribution for footings, rafts, piles;
retaining structures, soil structure interaction studies, case studies
Pre-requisites:
COURSE DETAIL
Sl.
No

Topic

No. of Hours

Soil Mechanics
Geotechnical
Engineering
Coordinators:

Shallow Foundations Terzaghis, Meyerhoff, Hansens bearing

capacity theories, based on SPT, layered soils, eccentric and
inclined loads, Bearing capacity on slopes, Foundation
settlements

10

Design of Combined and Raft Foundations Design of combined

footings

04

Design of Retaining walls Lateral earth pressure, Retaining wall

stability.

06

Pile Foundations Load transfer mechanism, Pile capacity in

various soil types, negative skin friction, group action, settlements,
laterally loaded vertical piles

08

Drilled Piers and Caissons Design considerations, bearing

capacity equations, Settlements, Lateral loads, Types of caissons,
stability analysis

04

Foundation models and soil structure interaction studies

06

Case studies

02

Total

40

Dr. Nihar Ranjan Patra

Department of Civil
EngineeringIIT Kanpur

References:
1. Das, B. M.Advanced Soil Mechanics,Hemisphere Publishing Corporation
2. Bowles, J. Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw-Hill Book Company
3. Tomlinson, M. J. Foundation Design and construction, ENGLISH LANGUAGE BOOK
SOCIETY AND PITMAN, London
4. Selvadurai, A. P. S. Elastic Analysis of Soil Foundation Interaction., ELSEVIER
SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK
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