Geol.636          Foundation Engineering        (2C.H)

Course Contents: Types foundations, Bearing Capacity of Shallow foundations theories, Settlement analyses, Bearing capacity for rocks, Stress Distribution under the foundations, Field tests correlations for computation of Bearing Capacity.

Recommended books:

1. Foundation Engineering Handbook by Fang, H. Y. (2013). Springer Science & Business Media.
2. Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by Murthy, V. N. S. (2002). CRC Press.
3. Principles of Foundation Engineering by Das, B. M., & Sivakugan, N. (2018). Cengage Learning.
4. The Engineering of Foundations, Slopes and Retaining Structures by Salgado, R. (2022). CRC Press.
5. Principles of Foundation Engineering (10th edition) by Das, B. M. (2023). Cengage Learning.
6. Foundation Engineering A-Z Solved Problems by Woldemariam (2022). Independently published.