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ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENTOF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CENG 7201- Advanced Foundation Engineering

I. Course Content
1. Shallow foundations (5)
1.1.Plastic Zone at the edge of foundations
1.2.Bearing capacity
 Conventional calculations for uniform soils
 Conventional calculations for non-uniform soils
1.3.Design
 Footing (review)
 Beams
 Mats
2. Deep Foundations (5)
2.1.Review
2.2.Pile capacity
2.3. Pile Spacing and Group Action
2.4.Negative Skin Friction
2.5.Pile Caps
2.6.Batter Piles
2.7.Laterally Loaded Piles
2.8.Design of drilled Piers and Caisons
2.9.Piled Raft Foundation
3. Foundation on Expansive Soils (2)
3.1.Background
3.2.Methods of Preventing Damages
4. Machine Foundations (4)
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4.1.Block Foundations
4.2.Foundation on Piles
4.3.Framed Foundations

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II. References

1.Foundation Analysis and Design

Bowles, J.E

McGraw-Hill, 1996

2. Principles of Soil Dynamics

Das, B.M.

McGraw-Hill, 1996

3. Principles of Foundation Engineering

Das, B.M.

Brooks/Cole, 1993

4. Beams on Elastic Foundation

Hetenyi, M.

Ann Arbor, 1964

5. Handbook of Machine Foundation

Srinivasulu, P.

Tata McGraw-Hill, 1980

6. Principles of Foundation Engineering

Teferra, A.

Aau-Press, 2008

7. Soil Mechanics

Teferra , A./ Leikun , M.

AAU-Press,1999

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