King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CE 651

Dynamics of Soils and Foundations

First Semester (101)

Course Description (Grad. Bulletin)

CE 651 Dynamics of Soils and foundations (3-0-3)

Theory of vibration; wave propagation in elastic media; dynamic properties of soils and their measurement; vibration transmission and attenuation through soils; foundation vibration theories; dynamic earth pressure; dynamic bearing capacity of shallow foundations; dynamic analysis of foundations; design of machine foundations; vibration isolation; soil liquefaction; introduction to geotechnical earthquake engineering.

Prerequisite: CE 555

Textbook: Das, B.M., and Bamana, G.V.

“Principles of Soil Dynamics”, 2^nd Ed., 2011.

Instructor: Dr. Naser A. Al-Shayea

Office: 16-134

Contact: Phone: 2480

E-mail: nshayea@kfupm.edu.sa

Web Site: http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/CE/nshayea/

Grade Distribution:

Homework, Class Participation = 15%

Major Exam = 30%

Term Project = 15%

Final Exam = 40%

Total 100%

Topics

1. Introduction – Dynamics

2. Review – Fundamentals of vibrations

(Free vibration & Forced vibration)

3. Damping

4. Degrees of Freedom

5. Waves in an infinite elastic medium

6. Waves in an elastic half-space

7. Dynamic soil properties and their determination

8. Shallow seismic exploration

9. Foundation vibration

10. Coupled-mode motion

11. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering

12. Foundation design for dynamic loads

13. Isolation of vibrations

14. Liquefaction of soil

15. Machine foundations

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