Courses

1. CIVE 416 Geotechnical Engineering (3 Credits)

Civil Engineering: Earth pressure theory, retaining walls, sheet pile walls, braced excavations. Slope stability analysis. 2D flow through isotropic and anisotropic soils. Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, stress distribution. Deep foundations, single pile, pile groups. Geotechnical investigation and reports.

Prerequisite: CIVE 311

Selected lectures are now available on YouTube

1: General Introduction to Geotechnical Design

2: Review of Some Essential Topics in Soil Mechanics

3: Applications of 1D Flow in Geotechnical Engineering

4: Applications of Flownets in Geotechnical Engineering

5: Introduction to Slope Stability Analysis

6: Stability Analysis of Finite Slopes. [Additional Example]

7: Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations [B-C Tables]

22. CIVE 683 Adv Foundation Design (4 Credits)

Civil Engineering: Earth retaining structures, retaining walls, braced excavations, tie-back anchors. Buried structures, earth loading, arching, embankment loading. Soft ground tunnelling, ground response to tunnelling, surface settlement prediction. Design of shallow foundations, bearing capacity and settlement. Design of deep foundations, single pile, pile groups, laterally loaded piles.

Offered by: Civil Engineering

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