Foundation Design and Analysis

This is the instructor’s resource site for ENCE 4610, Foundation Design and Analysis, at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Use subject to the terms and conditions of this site.

Syllabus (Current students: use syllabus on UTC Learn, for reference outside of UTC)

Textbooks and other course references for Free Download

Soil Mechanics, NAVFAC DM 7.02
- DM 7.01 and 7.02 Combined, “Old Government Format”. It’s not as nice looking as the first download, but if you are visually impaired and need it read to you, it’s better
Arnold Verruijt, Soil Mechanics (online book is a little different from book in print)
Basics of Foundation Design, Bengt Fellenius, Electronic Edition, February 2015
YouTube Channel for Foundations

Soil Mechanics Arnold Verruijt — Click on the image to order.

Soil Mechanics Foundations and Earth Structure NAVFAC DM 7.01 and 7.02 — Click on the image to order.

Subject Lecture	Topic	Principal Textbook	Reference Spreadsheets/Software and Secondary Textbook
1	Course Overview	Fellenius Ch.1 is an excellent review of what you’ve forgotten over the summer.
2	Shallow Foundations: Overview, Brinch-Hansen’s Method (Part I) of Bearing Capacity Estimation	Verruijt Chs. 41-44 (print) or 40-43 (electronic)	Bearing Capacity Spreadsheet
3	Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations: Brich-Hansen’s Method (Part II,) Eccentric Loading of Foundations, Effect of Water Table		Bearing Capacity Example SL3
4	Bearing Capacity: Other Topics		Buoyancy and Stability: An Introduction–background for floating foundations
5	Shallow Foundations: Total and Differential Settlement, Schmertmann’s Method	NAVFAC DM 7.01 Chapter 5	NAVFAC Schmertmann Example
6	Combined Footings and Mat Foundations	NAVFAC DM 7.02 Chatper 4
7	Lateral Earth Pressure Theory Review	NAVFAC DM 7.02 Chapter 3	Coulomb Earth Pressure Coefficients
8	Concrete Gravity Retaining Walls	NAVFAC DM 7.02 Chapter 3
9	Mechanically Stabilised Earth (MSE) Walls		Spreadsheet for MSE Wall Class Example FHWA-NHI-00-043
10	Sheet Piling: Overview, Cantilever Walls	NAVFAC DM 7.02 Chapter 3	Complete documentation on SPW 2006 sheet piling software, including download link and worked examples of cantilever and anchored walls.
11	Sheet Piling: Anchored Walls	NAVFAC DM 7.02 Chapter 3 Verruijt Chs. 36-38 (electronic) or 37-39 (print)
12	Braced Cuts and Tied Back Walls	NAVFAC DM 7.02 Chapter 3
13	Overview of Driven Piles	Fellenius Chapter 9	Another slide show overview of driven piles and drilled shafts
14	Axial Load Capacity of Deep Foundations: Driven Pile Static Analytic Methods	Fellenius Chapter 7	Driven Pile Example
15	Static Load Tests; Pile Settlement; Pile Groups	Fellenius Chapter 8	ALP t-z Analysis Program (you may or may not want to use this, it’s embodied in the TAMWAVE routine now)
16	Pile Dynamics	Fellenius Chapter 9; Introduction to Wave Mechanics in Piling	Simplified analysis of driven piles using the methods of Randolph, Dolwin and Beck (1994) and Kolk and van der Velde (1996) methods using the TAMWAVE routine, which includes generation of load-deflection curves, lateral load response using the CLM Method, and wave equation for drivability
17	Lateral Loading of Piles		CLM Spreadsheet CLM Report CLM2.0 Class Example
18	Overview of Drilled Shafts and Auger Cast Piles		FHWA-IF-99-025 FHWA-GEC-8
19	Drilled Shafts and Auger Cast Piles: Axial Capacity		FHWA-IF-99-025 FHWA-GEC-8
20	Expansive and Collapsible Soils	NAVFAC DM 7.01 Chapter 1, DM 7.02 Chapter 4
21	LRFD Methods		Driven Pile LRFD Example
22	Structural Design of Shallow Foundations: Shear
23	Structural Design of Shallow Foundations: Flexure
24	Structural Design of Deep Foundations