URDANETA CITY College of Engineering

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Course Guide
Course Code: CE 18
Course Title: Foundation Engineering
Course credit: 4 units (18 weeks, 108 hours)
Prerequisite: None

Course Description

Review of fundamental concepts – index and classification properties, water flow, effective stress concept,
consolidation behavior, shear strength of soils – undrained and drained conditions. Subsurface exploration – main
sampling/characterization methods and reporting, variability. Lateral loads (at-rest, active and passive pressures).
Earth retaining structures – walls (gravity/cantilever, mechanically-stabilized earth, sheet-piled, anchored), braced
cuts, dewatering and drainage. Performance requirements, applied loads based on codes, and selection of
foundations. Shallow foundation design – types (spread, strip, and mat/raft), bearing capacity and settlements
(elastic/initial, consolidation, allowable/tolerable), testing and evaluation. Deep foundation design – types
(methods, configuration, materials), bearing capacity (axial and lateral) and settlements, testing and evaluation.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students are expected to:

A. Plan a subsurface exploration, and select appropriate drilling, sampling and filed property measurement
tools for different soil profiles.
B. Create an idealized soil profile for analysis and design from collected soil properties.
C. Evaluate laboratory and field data to select appropriate parameters to use in foundation analysis.
D. Determine the lateral loads from soils.
E. Design earth retaining structures.
F. Apply shallow and deep bearing capacity and settlement equations for design with applicable correction
factors with a consideration of water effects and layering.

Course Outline:

Prelims:

A. Geotechnical Properties of Soil

 Soil Composition
 Atterberg Limits
 Soil Classification
 Soil Compaction
 Permeability
 Flow Nets
 Effective Stress
 Settlements
 Shear Stress
B. Natural Soil Deposits and Subsoil Exploration
 Natural Soil Deposits
 Subsurface Exploration