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.

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 Class Example
3	Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations: Brich-Hansen’s Method (Part II,) Eccentric Loading of Foundations, Effect of Water Table
4	Bearing Capacity: Other Topics
5	Shallow Foundations: Total and Differential Settlement, Schmertmann’s Method	NAVFAC DM 7.01 Chapter 5	Schmertmann Settlement Spreadsheet
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	SPW2006, a simple sheet piling software good for academic problems Solution for class example for cantilever walls Solution for class example for 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
14	Axial Load Capacity of Deep Foundations: Driven Pile Static Analytic Methods	Fellenius Chapter 7	Driven Pile Example for SPT and CPT Methods
15	Static Load Tests; Pile Settlement; Pile Groups	Fellenius Chapter 8	ALP t-z Analysis Program
16	Pile Dynamics	Fellenius Chapter 9; Introduction to Wave Mechanics in Piling	Dennis and Olson Method for Driven Piles online calculator with TAMAXIAL Load Test Simulator, TAMBENT pile group analyser and TAMWAVE wave equation program
17	Lateral Loading of Piles		CLM Spreadsheet CLM Report
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
22	Structural Design of Shallow Foundations: Shear
23	Structural Design of Shallow Foundations: Flexure
24	Structural Design of Deep Foundations