Advanced Foundation Engineering - CVEN9513

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Principles of foundation types and design. Shallow foundations – general bearing capacity equations for vertical and inclined loads, settlement calculation, foundations in sand, rock and reactive clays. Earth pressures, retaining structures. Piles – advanced analysis of pile capacity, group analysis, lateral loading, dynamic integrity testing and analysis settlement analysis. Cast in-situ piles, sheet piles, diaphragm walls, anchored and strutted walls, – analysis and construction methods. Analysis of soil nailing and anchors in excavations. Design of footings for dynamic loading.