Department of Civil Engineering

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JAMSHEDPUR

(An Institution of National Importance Under MHRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi)

COURSE HANDOUT

Branch: M.Tech. in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engg.) Semester: 1st

Subject: Advanced Foundation Engineering and IS Code Subject code: CE 4132

L-T-P: 4-0-0 Credit: 4

Name of the Faculty: Dr. Subhadeep Metya Theory/ Sessional: Theory

Course Objectives:
• To learn about the types and purposes of different foundation systems and the
understanding of the mechanics between the soil and foundation system.
• To impart the knowledge and skills to analyse shallow and deep foundation systems under
different loading and soil conditions.
• To build the necessary theoretical background in designing of different types of sheet piles
and well foundations in various soil situations.

Course Outcomes:
On completion of this course the student will be able to
1. Assess the bearing capacity of the shallow and deep foundations on various soil situations.
2. Estimate the settlement of footings on sands and clays.
3. Analyse the mechanics of load transfer in piles, determine pile load carrying capacity and
design the pile groups.
4. Enumerate the various types of sheet piles and well foundations, and the conditions under
which they are suitable for a given site, outline the procedure for static analysis of these
structures, and specify the suitable design criteria.

Textbooks:
T1. Bowles, J. E., “Foundation Analysis and Design”, McGraw-Hill Book Company.
T2. Ranjan, Gopal and Rao, A.S.R., “Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics”, New Age International Pvt Ltd.

T3. Das, B. M., “Principles of Foundation Engineering”, Cengage Learning.

T4. Coduto, D. P., Kitch, W. A. and Yeung, M. R., “Foundation Design: Principles and Practices”, Pearson.
T5. Winterkorn, H. F. and Fang, H. Y., “Foundation Engineering Handbook”, Galgotia Booksource.

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Reference Books:
R1. Kurian, N. P., “Design of Foundation Systems: Principles and Practices”, Narosa Publishing House.

R2. Moitra, D., “Geotechnical Engineering”, Universities Press (India) Private Limited.
R3. Tomlinson, M. J., “Foundation Design and Construction”, Prentice Hall Inc.

R4. Poulos, H. G. and Davis, E. H., “Pile Foundation Analysis and Design”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

R5. Teng, W.C., “Foundation Design”, John Wiley, New York.

Lesson Plan:
Class/ Module Topic to be covered Remarks,
Period number, if any if any

1 Introduction, Basic terms and definitions, Failure

Mechanism
2 Rankine’s theory of bearing capacity, Prandtl’s theory of
bearing capacity
3 Module I: Terzaghi’s theory of bearing capacity, Modes of bearing
Bearing capacity failure Ref: T1/T2/
4 Capacity of Skempton’s bearing capacity equation, Meyerhof’s T3/R2/R3/
Shallow bearing capacity theory, The general bearing capacity Class Notes
Foundations equation (Vesic, 1973; IS: 6403-1981)
5 Effect of Water Table; Special Cases/ Real case
situations, Numerical
6 Other methods of determination of ultimate bearing
capacity
7 Types/ Components of Foundation Settlement –
Immediate, Primary and Secondary Settlements,
Evaluation of Modulus of Elasticity, Methods of
Computing Settlements
8 Elastic Settlement Beneath the Corner of a Uniformly
Loaded Flexible Area Based on the Theory of Elasticity;
Contact Pressure and Settlement Distribution
9 Module II: Janbu, and Bjerrum’s Method of Determining Elastic
Settlement Under Undrained Conditions Ref: T1/T5/
Settlement of
R3/R5/
10 Shallow Estimation of Consolidation Settlement by Using
Class Notes
Foundations Oedometer Test Data
11 Computation of effective overburden pressure – Various
methods and recommendations; Computation of stress
increment based on different loading conditions
12 Settlement computation using IS: 8009 (part I) –
Different guidelines; Corrections on total settlement
13 Secondary Compression Settlement; Allowable
Settlement; Numerical
14 Introduction, Classification of Piles,
Types of Piles, Uses of Piles, Selection of Pile
15 Pile behaviour under axial load; Axial load carrying Ref: T1/T3/
Module III: Pile
capacity of single piles; Analytical methods – Dynamic R1/R3/R4/
Foundations
formulae Class Notes
16 Analytical methods – Static formulae; Critical depth of
piles; Allowable load on piles

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17 Axial load carrying capacity of pile groups; Methods
based on efficiency of pile groups; Numerical
18 Methods based on block failure; Additional load
carrying capacity due to the pile cap.
19 Meyerhof's, Vesic's and Janbu's Method
The Ultimate Skin Resistance of a Single Pile in
Cohesionless Soil
20 Spacing of piles – provisions of IS: 2911; Settlement of
a pile group
21 Negative Skin Friction; Uplift Resistance of Piles
22 Pile load tests; Numerical
23 Introduction, Classification of sheet piles, Various
design considerations
24 Cantilever sheet piles in cohesionless soils
25 Cantilever sheet piles in cohesive soils; Cantilever sheet Ref: T2/T4/
Module IV:
piles – cohesionless soil above and cohesive soil below R1/R2/
Sheet Piles
dredged level Class Notes
26 Anchored Bulkhead; Free-earth support method in
cohesionless soil and cohesive soil
27 Fixed earth support method; Numerical
28 Introduction, Types of Wells/ Caissons; Shapes of Well
Foundations;
29 Components of Well Foundations; Depth of a Well
Foundation, Scour Depth,
30 Grid Length; Allowable Bearing Capacity; Forces Ref: T2/T4/
Module V: Well
Acting on Well Foundations R1/R2/R4/
Foundations
31 Stability Analysis of Well Foundations, Factor of Safety Class Notes

32 Tilting and Shifting of Wells; Precautions to Avoid

Tilting and Shifting; Measures to Rectify Tilting and
Shifting

Evaluation Schedule
Description Individual Duration Weightage Date & Time Course
/ Group (%) outcome
Mid Semester Exam Individual Two Hours 30 As per Academic 1,2,3
(Closed/ Open Calendar
Book)
End semester Exam Individual Three Hours 50 As per Academic 1,2,3,4
(Closed/ Open Calendar
Book)
Continuous Individual 20 1,2,3,4
assessment:
Assignments/
Teacher’s
Assessment and
attendance
Total marks 100

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Assignments
The assignments are so designed to aid in understanding the concepts related to foundation
engineering through solving routine problems, to promote the learners to work out the various
design problems of shallow and deep foundations and to think around how you might
implement your learning from this course into your professional engineering practice.

Chamber Consultation Hours: Friday: 10.00 AM to 12.00 Hrs.

(Dr. Subhadeep Metya)

Instructor in Charge

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