COURSE OUTLINE

WOLLO UNIVERSITY
KOMBOLCHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

 Course Name: Foundation Engineering-I

 Course code: CEng3141
 Year: IIIrd Year
 Semester: IInd
 Instructor name: Aklilu A and Vijay Kumar (Geotechnical Engineering)

Chapter-I- Site exploration

 Purpose
 Plan and methods of soil explorations
 Evaluation of field tests data.
Chapter-II
 Types of foundations and their selection.
 Introduction to soil reinforcement techniques

Chapter-III- Design of shallow foundations:

 Isolated or spread footings
 Combined footings
 Strap or cantilevered footings
 Mat foundations
 Eccentrically and inclined loaded foundations

Chapter-IV- Analysis and design of retaining structures:

 Conventional retaining walls
 Sheet pile walls.

EVALUATION

 20% Assignments
 30% Mid-exam
 50% Final-exam
REFERENCES
 Bowles, J.E., (1982). Foundation Analysis abd Design, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill intl.
Book company, Auckland.
 Chen, F.H., (1988). Foundations of expansive soils, Elsevier, Oxford.
 Cheng Liu & Jack B. Evett, (1998). Soils and Foundations, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
 Robert, W. Day, (2006). Foundation Engineering Hand book- Design and construction
with the 2006 international building code, McGraw-Hill, New York
 Tomelson A.J., (1980). Foundation Design and Construction, Pitman, Boston.
 Tomelson A.J., (1980). Foundation Design and Construction, Pitman, Boston.
 Zeevart, L., (1983). Foundation engineering for difficult subsoil conditions, 2nd edition,
Van Nostrand Reinhold company, New York
 Foundation engineering by C Venkatramaya
 Foundation engineering by VNS Murthy