Geotechnical Engineering of Foundations - CVEN9502

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 21
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Principles of foundation types and design. Shallow foundations - general bearing capacity equations for vertical and inclined loads, settlement calculation, foundations in sand, rock and reactive clays. Pile foundations - pile types and construction, ultimateload capacity, equation, ultimate capacity from pile driving formulae, settlement analysis; lateral loading; use of code for design of piles. Earth pressures, retaining walls.