The course introduces civil engineering students the fundamental concepts of foundation analysis and design. This course covers the following topics: Review of Soil Mechanics; Subsurface Exploration; Shallow Foundations; Pile Foundations, and selected topics of foundation engineering.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: Recognize the design philosophy of foundation engineering.
CILO-2: Interpret field and laboratory data to get design parameters for foundation analysis.
CILO-3: Identify the typical failure modes of common foundations.
CILO-4: Analyse and solve foundation problems with the given procedures and the soil properties, and discuss their limitations.