Geotechnical Engineering II

Undergraduate

Earth pressure and design of retaining walls. Sheet-pile walls, braced and tie back excavations. Combined pressures. Soil bearing capacity. Soil exploration. Load induced pressures and settlements. Footings and eccentrically loaded foundations. Raft and pile foundations. Piles and pile driving, cofferdams and caissons. (Prerequisites: CIVL-3550) (3 lecture, 3 laboratory hours a week).