JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

To impart knowledge on site investigation and soil testing methods and design of

different types of foundation appropriate to the type of soil for different structures.

Course Outcomes

the learner will be able to design shallow and deep foundations like piles for

railway and highway bridges, harbor structures and also sheet piles.

UNIT - I

Site Investigation for Infrastructure Projects: methods of site investigation, types of soil samples and samplers- Geotechnical field testing – SPT, CPT, Plate Load Test, Pile Load Test.

UNIT - II

Shallow Foundations for Railway & Highway Bridges and Port & Harbour Structures: types of foundations, design forces, safe and allowable bearing capacity of shallow foundations, settlement computation;

UNIT - III

Pile Foundations for Railway & Highway Bridges and Port & Harbour Structures: Pile foundations – types, axial and lateral capacity of pile, pile group analysis and pile cap; Introduction to drilled piers, caissons, well foundations.

UNIT - IV

Foundations for Transmission Line, Radar Antenna, Microwave and TV Tower and Chimneys: Introduction, foundations for towers and chimneys, design forces, behaviour of pad and chimney foundations, design of chimney and pad foundations, anchor foundations (rock anchors), design of foundations for towers and chimneys, analysis of raft on pile foundations; design and construction of shallow foundations on rocks.

UNIT - V

Sheet Piles - introduction, types of sheet pile walls, cantilever sheet pile wall, anchored sheet pile wall, stability analysis of anchored bulkhead by free earth support and fixed earth support method, position of anchorage. Expansive and Collapsible Soil: Difficult soils- loose granular soils, soft clays and shrinkable soils- identification, swell and swell pressure.

REFERENCES:

• 1. Soil Mechanics and foundation engineering – P. Purushottama Raj, Pearson Education.
• 2. Construction of marine and offshore structures – Ben C Gerwick, jr., CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.
• 3. Dynamic soil tests and applications – N S V Kameswara Rao, Wheeler Publishing.
• 4. Pile design and construction practice – M J Tomlinson, View point Publications, Palladian Publications Limited.
• 5. IS: 4091 (1979) -Design and construction of foundations for transmission line towers
• 6. IS: 11233 (1985) - Design and construction of foundations forRadar Antenna, Microwave and TV Tower.
• 7. Principle of foundation engineering – B.M.Das, CENGAGE Learning, Thomson, Brooks/Cole.
• 8. Foundation Engineering -Varghese, Prentice Hall of India.
• 9. Foundation analysis and design – J.E. Bowles, McGraw Hill Books Company