King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Second Semester (042)
CE 455: FOUNDATION AND EARTH STRUCTURE DESIGN
Section
01 SMW
Course Description: Site investigation, including determination of soil properties for design; bearing capacity theory of shallow foundation; settlement of building foundations; design and analysis of retaining walls, sheet piles and braced excavations; design of pile and pier foundations.
Prerequisite: CE 353
Textbook: Das, M.B., Principles of FoundationEngineering, 4th ed., PWS-KENT Publishing Company, 1999.
Reference: 1- Bowles, J.E. Foundation Analysis and Design, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986.
2- Fang, H.Y., Foundation Engineering Handbook, 2nd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991.
Instructor: Dr. Naser Abdul-Rahman Al-Shayea
Office # 16-134
Phone 2480
E-mail: nshayea@kfupm.edu.sa
Grade Distribution
Attendance and participation 5%
Homeworks 10%
Term Project 5%
1st Exam 20%
2nd Exam 25%
Final Exam 35%
TOTAL 100%
1. Homeworks should be submitted on time.
2. 9 Unexcused absences will result in DN-grade.
3. ½ points for each absence upto (-4).
CE 455 (042)
COURSE SYLLABUS
Date Subject
Feb. 12 Introduction
14 Geotechnical
Properties of Soils
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19 Site Investigation
21 Soil Exploration
23 " "
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26 Bearing Capacity of Shallow
Foundations
28 Bearing Capacity of Shallow
Foundations
Mar. 02 " " " "
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05 " " " "
07 Bearing Capacity of Shallow
Foundations
09 Settlement of Shallow Foundation
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12 Elastic/Immediate Settlement
14 Soil Pressure Increase
16 EXAM # 1
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19 Consolidation Settlement
21 Mat Foundations
23 " "
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26 Analysis & design of Mat
Foundations
28 Theories of Lateral Earth
Pressure
30 " " " "
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April 02 Analysis and Design of Retaining
Walls
04 Stability of Retaining Walls
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16 Analysis and Design of Sheet
Piles
18 Analysis and Design of
Cantilever Sheet Piles
20 " " " " "
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23 Analysis & Design of
Anchored Sheet Piles
25 Design of Anchors
27 " "
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30 Analysis Braced Excavation
May 02 Design of Braced Excavation Members
04 " " " "
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07 EXAM # 2
09 Stability of Braced Excavation,
and Cofferdams
11 " " " "
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14 Pile Foundations
16 Analysis and Design of Pile
Foundations (Single Pile)
18 " " " "
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21 Analysis and Design of Pile
Foundations (Single Pile)
23 Pile Groups
25 " "
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28 Settlement
of Pile Foundations
30 Design of Pier Foundations
June 01 Review
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