Distance - Foundation Design Workshop (1.8 CEU's)

Course Code: CVL001d

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Duration:

This course is approximately 4-5 weeks in duration.

Learning Method:

The PDDP program is more of a self-guided learning style.
You are required to read the notes and materials given, complete the follow-up assignments on your own, send in your questions prior to your 1 hour webinar meeting (if required) and be involved in live discussion via the internet.
Once you have completed the course, you will receive a certificate of completion

Description

This course deals with all aspects of modern good practice in foundation design. These include: the importance of both the geological and geotechnical aspects of the ground conditions, current limit analysis methods for bearing capacity, and definition of factors of safety. The various settlement analyses and their underlying assumptions and reliability are discussed, together with a thorough treatment of the design of piled foundations.

Objectives

The main objective of this workshop is to enable participants to select the best foundation solution for different types of civil engineering problems. After completing the course participants should be able to design shallow and deep foundations and supervise their construction. The course philosophy is to provide the participants with the information they need to design foundations at the state of the art. The information is supplied in a simple and systematic way, discussing topics where current knowledge is lacking and more understanding is needed.

Who Should Attend

Structural engineers, civil engineers, public works and construction department employees of federal, provincial and municipal governments and engineers responsible for large industrial, commercial or institutional facilities who must deal with different types of foundations.

The course will be of interest to a wide range of practising civil engineers at different stages in their careers. Some familiarization with soil mechanics is desirable but the knowledge is not required at a specialist level.

Special Features

The three-day course will consist of a series of lectures and workshops. Worked examples with numerical reference will reinforce the lectures. Case studies which illustrate the full range of problems are a feature of the course. There will be workshops on bearing capacity, shallow and deep foundation design, settlement analysis.

You will receive a limited license and in class demo of UNIPILE, UNISETTLE and UNIBEAR software.

Required Materials

Laptop and standard engineering calculator.

The PDDP Distance Education program works as follows:

Once you register for this course, you will be sent a login username and password for our online distance website.

You will receive the course notes in hard copy through the online website, you will receive a set of notes each week covering the course material.
A one hour video-conference session will be conducted by your instructor each week (if required). The objective of this session is to assist in solving the assignments, as well as answer student questions that should be sent to instructor early enough prior to the meeting time. In addition with being able to communicate with the instructor, you will also be able to communicate with other students in the same class and watch their questions being answered as well. (A high speed internet connection is strongly recommended for this feature).
Each set of exercises can be completed and submitted by the indicated date and your completed exercise will be marked online and and returned by your instructor.
To gain the most from your course, it is highly recommended that you participate fully in all discussions and exercises. Please remember that each course has a form of quiz or exercise at the end to test your understanding of the material. You will be informed of these dates when you receive the course schedule.

*Course commencement date is subject to instructor availability.

GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL

Introduction
Grain-size distribution
Size limits for soils
Weight Volume relationships
Relative density
Atterberg limits
Effective stress concept
Shear strength of soils

SUBSOIL EXPLORATION

Purpose of soil exploration
Subsurface exploration program
Exploratory borings in the field
Procedures for sampling soil
Observation of water tables
Vane shear test
Cone penetration test
Preparation of boring logs
Geophysical exploration
Subsoil exploration report
Interpretation of soil parameters for foundation design
Shallow foundation types and foundation level selection

SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS: ULTIMATE BEARING CAPACITY

Introduction
General concept
General bearing capacity equation
Shape, depth, and inclination factors
Effect of soil compressibility
Eccentrically loaded foundations
Worked examples

SPECIAL BEARING CAPACITY CASES

Bearing capacity of layered soils
Bearing capacity of foundations on top of a slope

SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS FOR SHALLOW FOUNDATION

Stress due to different loaded areas
Elastic settlement based on the theory of elasticity
Settlement of sandy soil: use of strain influence factor
Range of material parameters for computing elastic settlement
Primary consolidation settlement relationships
Consolidation settlement - case history
Settlement due to secondary consolidation
Allowable bearing pressure in sand based on settlement consideration
Presumptive bearing capacity
Tolerable settlement of buildings
Worked examples
Shallow foundation design workshop

MAT FOUNDATIONS

Introduction
Combined footings
Common types of mat foundations
Bearing capacity of mat foundations
Differential settlement of mats
Field settlement observations for mat foundations
Compensated foundation

LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE

Introduction
Lateral earth pressure at rest
Rankine active earth pressure
Rankine active earth pressure for inclined backfill
Coulomb's active earth pressure
Worked examples

RETAINING WALLS

Stability of retaining walls
Check for overturning
Check for sliding along the base
Check for bearing capacity failure
Worked examples

FOUNDATIONS ON DIFFICULT SOILS

Introduction
Definition and types of collapsible soil
Physical parameters for identification
Procedure for calculation collapse settlement
Foundation design in soils not susceptible to wetting
Foundation design in soils susceptible to wetting
Case histories of stabilization of collapsible soil
Expansive soils
Laboratory measurement of swell
Classification of expansive soil based on index tests
Foundation considerations for expansive soils

SOIL IMPROVEMENT

Correction for compaction of soils with oversized particles
Field compaction
Compaction control for clay hydraulic barriers
Vibroflotation
Precompression
Sand drains
An example of a sand drain application
Prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs)
Lime stabilization
Cement stabilization
Fly ash stabilization
Stone columns
Sand compaction piles
Dynamic compaction
Shallow foundation bearing capacity improvement using geosynthetics
Software demo

DEEP FOUNDATION

Types of deep foundations
Introduction to pile foundations
Pile foundation design
Load on piles
Bearing Capacity of Single Piles in sand
Bearing Capacity of Single Piles in clay
Estimation of pile length
Stresses on Underlying Strata
Pile group design
Installation-test-and factor of safety
Pile installation methods
Test piles
Factors of safety
Settlements of Pile Groups
Pile Caps
Pile Driving Formulas
Negative Skin Friction
Pile Tests
Pile design workshop
Introduction to Machine Foundation Design
- Types of Machine Foundations
- General Requirements of Machine Foundations dimensional Criteria
- Design Data
- Dynamic Loads Induced in Simple Crank Mechanisms
- Permissible Amplitudes
- Permissible Bearing Pressure
Ground Anchors
- Types of Ground Anchors
- Straight Shaft Gravity-Grouted Ground Anchors
- Straight Shaft Pressure-Grouted Ground Anchors
- Post-grouted Ground Anchors
- Underreamed Anchors
- Tendon Materials
- Steel Bar and Strand Tendons
- Spacers and Centralizers
- Epoxy-Coated Bar and Epoxy-Coated Filled Strand
- Other Anchor Types and Tendon Materials
- Cement Grout

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