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COURSE INFORMATION FOR CURRENT SEMESTER/TERM

Teaching Schedule
References/Teaching Materials/
Week Lecture/Tutorial/Assignment Topic
Equipment
1 Introduction to foundation design, types of foundation, foundation sta- Ref. No. 1, 2
bility criteria.
2 Bearing capacity of shallow foundation. Ref. No. 1, 2

3
Geotechnical design of shallow foundation. Ref. No. 1, 2

4 Pile foundation: Load transfer and pile capacity of single pile Ref. No. 1, 2

5
Pile foundation: Group pile capacity Ref. No. 1, 2

6
Introduction to soil dynamic and machine foundation Ref. No. 1, 2

7
Project Briefing Ref. No. 1, 2

8
Concept of earth pressure. Ref. No. 1, 2

9 Geotechnical design of gravity wall.
Ref. No. 1, 2

10
Analysis of sheet pile wall. Ref. No. 1, 2

11
Site investigation: Planning and site exploration Ref. No. 1, 2

12 Site investigation: Soil sampling and Field testing techniques: Ref. No. 1, 2

13
Site Investigation: Examples of Site Investigation Programme. Ref. No. 1, 2

14 Review of Course Subject Matter & Project Discussion
Ref. No. 1, 2

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