በ አዲስ አበባ ሣይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ Addis Ababa Science &

ዩኒቨርሲቲ Technology University

ምህንድስና ኮሌጅ College of Engineering

Title: Course Outline/ Syllabus Document No.: - CE-CED/ /002/2023 Issue No. 1

Course title: Foundation Engineering II (CEng 5107) CrHr 3

Program: BSc in Civil Engineering
Course Category: Core
Instructor: Ephrem F. Email: (ephrem.feleke@aastu.edu.et) Lab
attendant: Email: __________________________ Website:
https://t.me/Soil_Foundations
Lectures: One session /week, and Tutorial One session /week and Lab Office
Consultation hours: Thursday 08:30-12:30 AM, BLDG No. 063, Room No. 405.
Course Learning Outcomes: After completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. CLO1 Design deep foundations such as piles, piers and piled raft foundations.
2. CLO2 Design Cofferdams and Caissons.
3. CLO3 Understand and interpret the behaviour of expansive soils and design
foundations on expansive soils.
4. CLO4 Review environmental issues related to Geotechnical Engineering.
Knowledge requited/prerequisites: Soil Mechanics I (CEng 4106)_____________
Course Description:
Week and Lectures, Tutorial, tests, Course Learning
Content
date assignements, out come
Week 1 1. Pile foundations • Lecture 1
1.1. Introduction • Tutorial 1
1.2. Classification of piles Quiz (5 %)
Week 2 1.3. Pile capacity • Lecture 2
• Tutorial 2
Assignment (10 %)
1.3. Pile capacity • Lecture 3
Week 3
• Tutorial 3
1.3. Pile capacity • Lecture 4
Week 4
• Tutorial 4 1
1.4. Pile spacing and group action • Lecture 5
Week 5
• Tutorial 5
1.5. Negative skin friction • Lecture 6
Week 6
• Tutorial 6
1.6. Pile caps • Lecture 7
Week 7 1.7. Batter piles • Tutorial 7
Test 1 (15 %)
1.8. Laterally loaded piles • Lecture 8
Week 8 1.9. Piled raft foundations (Overview) • Tutorial 8
2. Piers and Caisson foundation • Lecture 9
Week 9 2.1. Introduction • Tutorial 9
2.2. Drilled-Shaft Foundation
2.3. Design of Piers • Lecture 10
Week 10 2
• Tutorial 10
2.4. Caissons (introduction) • Lecture 11
Week 11 2.5. Types of Caissons • Tutorial 11

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 በ አዲስ አበባ ሣይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ Addis Ababa Science &
ዩኒቨርሲቲ Technology University
ምህንድስና ኮሌጅ College of Engineering

3. Cofferdams • Lecture 12
Week 12 • Tutorial 12
3.1. Introduction 2
3.2. Types of Cofferdams
3.3. Design Consideration Test 2 (10 %)
4. Introduction to foundations on • Lecture 13
expansive soils
Week 13 4.1. Characteristics of expansive soils
4.2. Identification of expansive soils
4.3. Mechanism of swelling 3
4.4. Methods of preventing heave damage • Lecture 14
4.5. Investigation of cracked buildings in Presentation and
Week 14
expansive soil areas and the remedial second assignment
measures (10%)
5. Environmental issues in soil mechanics • Lecture 15
Week 15 and foundation areas. 4

Final Exam (50 %) 1,2,3,4

CLO-Assessment mapping
CLOs Assig-1 Asssig-2 Test-1 Test-2 Quiz Field Final
Report Exam
CLO-1 x x x x
CLO-2 x x x
CLO-3 x x x x
CLO-4 x x x x
Lecture Policy: A student shall attend at least 80 % of the classes lecture and 100% lab and field practical
to seat on final exam and to get the final grade be submitted. Unexpected quiz up to 10% mark may be the
attendance for the rest 20%. Late arrival for attending lecture is offensive.
Teaching methods: Lecture, tutorials, seminars, demonstrations, laboratory practice, field practice, workshop,
role play, simulation, active learning, cooperative learning, flipped classroom, resource-based learning,
projects.
Evaluation:
• Continuous assessment (50%): Quiz-1 (5%), Assign-1 (10%), Test-1 (15%), Test-2 (10%), Assign-2
(10%) , Field Report.......
• Final exam (50%):
References
Textbook 1 Das, B.M. (2017), Principles of Foundation Engineering, PWS, 9th edition.
1 Tefera, A. (2013), Principles of Foundation Engineering, 2nd Edition, AAU.
2 Ethiopian Building Code Standard (2013)
References 3 Bowles, J.E. @(2012), Foundation Analysis and Design, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education (India)
Private Limited,

Instructor: Ephrem F.
Lab attendant/ARA:
Program Coordinator: Ephrem F.

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