This course is an undergraduate core course. The course will focus on the design of shallow foundation and axially loaded pile foundation. The field and laboratory soil testing methods will be discussed to determine the required design parameters. Lateral earth pressures theories and design of various retaining structures will be covered. Design of sheet piles and bracing system will also be discussed. It will also focus on soil
arching and its application to design the underground conduits. The selection of proper foundation or characteristics of foundations for different soils will be discussed. The course is suitable for undergraduate students who are preparing for competitive examination like GATE, IES and for university or college examinations. Field Engineers can also be benefited from this course.
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INTENDED AUDIENCE: Civil Engineering
CORE/ELECTIVE: Core
UG/PG: UG
PREREQUISITES: Soil Mechanics
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Most of the Civil Engineering companies
4848 students have enrolled already!!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Kousik Deb is presently working as Associate Professor in Civil
Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. Dr. Deb has more than 11 years of
research experience and working in the areas of Geosynthetic-
Reinforced Earth, Numerical Modeling, Embankment stability. He has
published/accepted 90 research articles including about 50 papers in
referred journals. He has developed number of numerical and analytical
models to study the behavior of improved grounds, embankment stability
and underground structures. Under Dr. Deb's guidance, three Ph.D. are
awarded and six more are in progress. He has also supervised 13
M.Tech dissertations. Dr. Deb has completed 2 sponsored research
projects funded by DST. He has successfully completed more than 12
consultancy projects. As a visiting research fellow at RWTH, Aachen,
Germany; Dr. Deb has gained expertise in the cutting edge technologies
on ground improvement such as applications of geosynthetics in
roadways.
Week 6 : Deep foundation, load transfer mechanism in piles, pile capacity,
Pile load test
Week 7 : Pile group capacity, settlement of pile, Design of Pile Foundation
Week 8 : Lateral Earth Pressures-I
Week 9 : Lateral Earth Pressures-II
Week 10 : Earth retaining structures
Week 11 : Sheet Piles and Braced Excavation
Week 12 : Soil Arching, Underground Conduits
SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:
1.Braja M. Das, ""Principles of Foundation Engineering PWS Publishing
Company.
2.Soil Mechanics and Foundation Enggineeering, B.C.Punmia, Laxmi
Publications
3.Soil Mechanics and Foundattion Engineering, K.R.Arora, Standard
Publishers, New Delhi
4.Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics, Gopal Ranjan, A S R Rao, New Age
International, 2007
CERTIFiCATION EXAM :
The exam is optional for a fee.
Date and Time of Exam: October 28, 2018 (Sunday):
Time of Exams: Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm.
Exam for this Course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATE:
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 8 out of 12 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur.It will be e-verifiable at http://nptel.ac.in/noc/
