SF4008 Earthquake Resistant Design of Foundations Syllabus:

SF4008 Earthquake Resistant Design of Foundations Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

 Focus is mainly on identifying the different kinds of loading induced on the foundation due to earthquake and soil – foundation interaction analysis with reference to various design parameters that including liquefaction of soil due to earthquake.

UNIT I BASIC DESIGN PARAMETERS

Dynamic properties of soils and its evaluation, strength and deformation characteristics of soils under earthquake loading, liquefaction hazard evaluations and remedial measures, geotechnical failure of foundations during earthquake, provision of IS 1893 and IS 13920

UNIT II SHALLOW FOUNDATION

Design requirements – bearing capacity – mechanisms and failure theories under earthquake loading – bearing capacity analysis for liquefied soil – bearing capacity analysis for cohesive and cohesionless soils – seismic settlement of foundation.

UNIT III DEEP FOUNDATION

Earthquake loading – inertial and kinematic loading – performance of piles during earthquake loading – theories of pile failure in liquefiable soils – failure based on bending mechanism/buckling instability – methods of analysis – force based or limit equilibrium method – p-y method – pile settlement – guidelines for designing of piles under kinematic loading due to liquefaction – seismic design of well/cassion foundations.

UNIT IV SEISMIC DESIGN OF RETAINING WALL

Seismic passive lateral earth pressure, behaviour of retaining wall during earthquakes, modification of Coulomb’s Theory, Modified Culmann’s Theory, displacement analysis, Indian standard code of practice.

UNIT V STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF FOUNDATION

Loads acting on foundations during earthquake –essential criteria for design of foundations in liquefiable soils – structural design of foundations subjected to earthquake loading.

OUTCOMES:

On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to;
CO1 Evaluate the dynamic properties of soils and relevant design parameters
CO2 Design the shallow foundation subjected to earthquake loading by including the effect of soil liquefaction
CO3 Analyse and design the deep foundation by considering various earthquake forces
CO4 Analyse and design the retaining wall by incorporating earthquake forces
CO5 Perform structural design of foundations subjected to both static and dynamic loading

REFERENCES:

1. Design of foundation in seismic areas: Principles and some applications by Bhattacharya S. (eds), Published by NICEE [National Centre for Earthquake Engineering (India)]. ISBN: 81-904190-1-3, 2007.
2. Day R. W., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering handbook, McGraw – Hill, New York, 2002.
3. Gopal Madabhushi, Jonathan Knappett and Stuart Haigh, Design of Pile Foundations in Liquefiable Soils, Imperial College Press, London WC2H 9HE, 2010.
4. Kamalesh Kumar, Basic geotechnical earthquake engineering, New Age International Publishers, New Delhi, 2008.
5. Terzaghi and Peck, R. B, Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1967.
6. Poulos H.G. and Davis E.H., Pile foundation analysis and design, John Wiley and Sons, 1980.
7. Prakash, S., Soil dynamics, McGraw Hill, New York, 1981.
8. Srbulov, M., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Simplified Analyses with Case Studies and Examples, Springer, Dordrecht. 2008.
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10. Tomilinson M.J., Foundation design and construction, Longman Scientific & Technical, England, 1986.