0 - Principles of Soil Mechanics (quick review)
Soil composition and soil classification
groundwater conditions, seepage
Stress and deformation, effective stresses
Basic constitutive models for soils
Drained and undrained conditions, consolidation
Stress history and overconsolidation
Stiffness and resistance of fine grained and granular soils
In-situ investigations
1 – Shallow Foundations
General concept, proportioning
Steps of foundation design procedure
Ultimate bearing capacity (Terzaghi’s theory, general equation by Brinch Hansen, special cases)
Evaluation of settlements on clayey and sandy soil deposits
Factor of safety and verification according to National Technical Code NTC2018
Limit State design
2 – Deep Foundations
Caisson and drilled shaft (basic principles)
Types of pile foundations and installation of piles
Single pile capacity (analytical methods and pile load tests)
Ultimate capacity of group piles, group efficiency
Settlements of single and group piles
Laterally loaded piles
Verification according to National Technical Code NTC2018
Micropiles
3 – Earth-Retaining structures and cuts
Basic retaining structures: massive and cantilever gravity walls, crib walls, concrete and steel sheet pile walls
Lateral earth pressures
Stability analysis of gravity retaining walls (sliding, overturning, bearing capacity failure, global stability)
Stability analysis of cantilever and Anchored sheet-pile walls
Brief outline of slope stability analysis of cuts/excavation
