Foundation Geology and Ground improvement techniques

Course objectives: The main objectives of this course are:

• To build students’ knowledge and understanding of soil behavior and the application of soil mechanics to the design of foundations.
• It provides detailed design issues related to both shallow and deep foundations.
• To introduce students to the concepts underpinning a range of ground improvement techniques and an appreciation of how these techniques are applied in practice

Course outcome: at the end of the course the students will able to

• To apply modern soil mechanics principles and analytical techniques in designing foundation
• To understand the relative importance of key soil parameters and how these may be derived through appropriate testing or interpretation of site investigation data for foundation.
• To select type of foundation depending on parameters’ of soils