ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
UNIT - 1
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Shallow Foundations
2 Bearing capacity -
3 Terzaghi, Meyerhof‟s, Hansen‟s and Vesic‟s
4 Bearing Capacity Theories –
5 IS method of Bearing Capacity
Factors
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Bearing Capacity of
7 Stratified Soils
8 Bearing Capacity Based on Penetration Resistances
Safe Bearing Capacity and
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Allowable Bearing Pressure.
UNIT - 2
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Types and choice of type
2 Design Considerations including Location and Depth
Proportioning
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of Shallow Foundations
4 Isolated and Combined Footings and Mats
Design Procedure for
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Mats.
6 Floating Foundation
7 Fundamentals of Beams on Elastic Foundations
Introduction to
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Drilled pier and Caisson Foundations
UNIT - 3
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Settlement Analysis
2 Elastic settlement in granular soils
Meyerhof‟s, De Beer and Marten‟s
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and Schemertmann‟s equations
4 Elastic settlements of surface and subsurface footing in clays
Skempton and Bjerrum‟s pseudo three‐ dimensional approach to consolidation
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settlement
6 Settlement from in‐ situ tests. Tolerable settlements
UNIT - 4
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Pile Foundation
2 Classification of Piles‐ Factors influencing ‐ Choice‐
Load Carrying
3 Capacity of Single Piles in Clays and Sands Using Static Pile Formulae‐ α ‐ β ‐ and λ
‐
4 Dynamic
Methods Pile Formulations
5 Pull‐ out resistance of piles
6 Meyerhof‟s, Vesic‟s equations and Coyle and Castello correlations
for piles in sands
7 Elastic settlement of piles
8 Pull out Resistance of piles
9 Negative skin
friction in piles
10 Typical field situations - Estimation of downdrag ‐ Neutral point
Methods
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of minimizing downdrag
UNIT - 5
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Pile Groups
2 Efficiency of Pile Groups - Different Formulae
Load Carrying Capacity of
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Pile Groups in Clays and Sands
4 Settlement of Pile Groups in Clays and Sands
Computation
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of Load on each Pile in a Group
6 Laterally loaded vertical piles
7 Modulus of subgrade reaction
Piles in granular soils and
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cohesive soils subjected to lateral loading
9 Matlock & Reese analysis for piles in sands
10 Davisson & Gill analysis for piles in clays
11 Broms‟ Analysis for piles in sands and clays
Pavement Analysis, Design and Evaluation
UNIT - 1
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Pavement Types, Wheel Loads and Design Factors
Definition of Pavement Types, Comparison
2 of Highway pavements
3 Wheel Loads
4 Tyre pressure
5 Contact pressure
Design Factors: Traffic
6 and Loading
7 Environment
8 Materials
9 Failure criteria
10 Reliability.
UNIT - 2
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Stresses in Pavements
2 Layered System Concepts
3 One Layer System:Boussinesq‟s Theory
4 Two Layer Theory:Burmister‟s Theory
5 Three Layer System
6 Stresses in Rigid Pavements
7 Relative Stiffness of Slabs
8 Modulus of Subgrade Reaction
9 Stresses due to Warping
Stresses
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due to Friction
11 Stresses due to Load
12 IRC Recommendations
UNIT - 3
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Pavement Design: IRC Method of Flexible Pavement Design
AASHTO Method of Flexible
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Pavement Design
3 IRC Method for Rigid Pavements
4 use of Geosynthatics in pavements
UNIT - 4
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Pavement Inventories: Serviceability Concepts
2 Visual Rating
3 Pavement Serviceability Index
4 Roughness Measurements
5 Measurement of Distress Modes Cracking
6 Rutting
7 Rebound
Deflection using Benkleman Beam Deflection Method
8 Load Man Concept
9 Skid Resistance
Measurement
UNIT - 5
[Link] DESCRIPTION REMARKS
1 Pavement Evaluation
2 Functional Pavement Performance Evaluation
3 AASHTO Method
Psycho
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Physical and Psycho Metric Scaling Techniques
5 Deduct Value Method.
6 Structural Conditional Evaluation Technique
7 Benkelman Beam Deflection Method
Pavement
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Distress Rating Technique
Design of Overlays by Benkelmen Beam Deflection Methods as per
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IRC – 81 ‐ 1997
10 pavements on problematic soils