SF4201 Deep Foundations Syllabus:
SF4201 Deep Foundations Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
The student will be exposed to the design of piles, pile groups and caissons with respect to vertical and lateral loads for various field conditions.
UNIT I PILE CLASSIFICATIONS AND LOAD TRANSFER PRINCIPLE
Necessity of pile foundation – classification of piles – Factors governing choice of type of pile – Load transfer mechanism – piling equipments and methods – effect of pile installation on soil condition – basic interactive analysis – criteria for pile socketing – responsibility of engineer and contractor.
UNIT II AXIAL LOAD CAPACITY OF PILES AND PILE GROUPS
Allowable load of piles and pile groups – Static and dynamic methods – for cohesive and cohesionless soil – negative skin friction – group efficiency – pile driving formulae – limitation – Wave equation application – evaluation of axial load capacity from field test results – pile integrity test – Settlement of piles and pile group – IS codal provisions and IRC and API guide lines
UNIT III LATERAL AND UPLIFT LOAD CAPACITIES OF PILES
Piles under Lateral loads – Broms method, elastic, p-y curve analyses – Batter piles – response to moment – piles under uplift loads – under reamed piles – Drilled shaft – Lateral and pull out load tests – piled-raft design philosophy – IS codal provision – IRC and API guide lines – case studies.
UNIT IV STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF PILE AND PILE GROUPS
Structural design of pile – structural capacity – pile and pile cap connection – pile cap design – shape, depth, assessment and amount of steel – truss and bending theory- Reinforcement details of pile and pile caps – pile subjected to vibration – IS codal provision.
UNIT V CAISSONS
Necessity of caisson – type and shape – Stability of caissons – principles of analysis and design – tilting of caisson – construction – IS codal provision – IRC guide lines.
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
CO1 Explain the importance of pile foundation and various functions and responsibilities of geotechnical engineer and contractor, in addition to the piling equipments.
CO2 Determine the vertical load carrying capacity of pile and pile group- keeping the settlement of pile as an important criteria based on field practices and codal provisions
CO3 Apart from vertically loaded piles, the structures are exposed to the peculiar pile subjected to lateral and uplift load with reference to codal provision and case studies.
CO4 Understand the design of pile and pile caps, considering the wind and seismic loads.
CO5 Explain the importance of caisson foundation and checking the stability of caissons based on codal provisions.
REFERENCES:
1. Das, B.M., Principles of Foundation Engineering, Design and Construction, Fourth Edition, PWS Publishing, 1999.
2. Poulos, H.G., Davis, E.H., Pile foundation analysis and design, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1980.
3. Tomlinson, M.J. Foundation engineering, ELBS, Longman Group, U.K. Ltd., England 1995.
4. Michael Tomlinson and John Woodward, Pile design and construction practice, Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York, 2008.
5. Cernica, J.N. Geotechnical Engineering Foundation Design, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1995.
6. Bowles, J.E., Foundation Analysis and Design, Fifth Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 1996.
7. Donald, P., Coduto, Foundation Design Principles and Practices, Prentice Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1996.
8. Varghese P.C.,” Foundation Engineering”, PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi, 2005.
9. Reese,L.C., Isenhower,W.M. and Wang,S.T. Analysis and Design of Shallow and Deep Foundations, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2005.
10. Varghese P.C.,” Design of Reinforced Concrete Foundations”, PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi, 2009.
11. Reese, L. C. and Van Impe, W. F., Single Piles and Pile Groups Under Lateral Loading, Taylor and Francis, London, 2011.