Semester:

6

Course Code:

CE3170

Course Name:

Geotechnical Engineering and Design II

Credit Value:

2 (Notional hours: 100)

Prerequisites:

CE2140

Core/Optional

Core

Hourly Breakdown

Lecture hrs.

Tutorial hrs.

Design hrs.

Independent Learning & Assessment hrs.

21

2

14

63

Course Aim: To impart knowledge on analysis and design of slopes and pile foundations using design codes (Eurocode 7).

Intended Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;

➢    analyze stability problems of natural and man-made slopes using limit equilibrium methods.

➢    analyze single and group pile foundations in cohesive and cohesionless soils.

➢    design slopes and pile foundations conforming to Eurocode 7 (EC7).

Course Content: (Only main topics & subtopics)

➢    Stability of slopes: Failure surfaces, total & effective stress analyses, modes of slope failures, Methods of slope stability analyses; friction circle method, Taylor's method, simplified Bishop's method, Infinite slopes, flow through an earth embankment, analysis and design of slopes, stability analysis using a computer software

➢    Pile foundations: Pile types and their characteristics, pile driving formulae, carrying capacity of a single pile in sand and clay, Pile load test; static and dynamic load tests, EC7 guidelines for pile design, pile groups, elastic and consolidation settlement, design of pile foundations

Teaching /Learning Methods:

Classroom lectures, tutorial discussions, supervised design exercises, software demonstrations

Assessment Strategy:

Continuous Assessment

40%

Final Assessment

60%

Details:

Quizzes                30%

Design reports                 10%

Theory (%)

60

Practical (%)

-

Other (%) (specify)

-

Recommended Reading:

➢    Smith, I. (2014). Smith’s Element of Soil Mechanics (Design to Eurocode), 9th edn, Blackwell publishing.

➢    Das, B.M. (2008). Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering, 4th edn, Nelson.

➢    Tomlinson, M., Woodward, J. (2008). Pile Design and Construction Practice, 5th edition, Taylor & Francis.

➢    Abramson, L.W. (2002). Slope stability and stabilization methods, 2nd edn, John Wiley & Sons.

➢    Tomlinson, M.J. (2001). Foundation design and construction, 7th edn, Pearson.

➢    Robert, W.D. (1999). Geotechnical and foundation engineering: design & constructions, McGraw Hill.

➢    Bowles, J.E. (1997). Foundation analysis and design, 5th edn, McGraw Hill.