CE 59000 Foundation Engineering
Soil exploration and sampling. Engineering properties of soils. Bearing capacity and settlement of foundations. Beams on elastic foundation. Design of footings and mats. Bearing capacity and settlement of piles and pile groups. Analysis of pile-raft foundations. Design of retaining structures. Slope stability. This course is crosslisted with CE H9000 Foundation Engineering, and therefore is not available to students who have already completed CE H9000.
Contact Hours
3 hr./wk.