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This document provides information on the CIV3201 Foundation Engineering course offered at Makerere University. The course is worth 4 credit units and involves 45 hours of lectures, 30 hours of practicals, and no tutorials over one semester. It covers topics like shallow and deep foundation design, soil testing, retaining structures, and slope stability analysis. The objectives are to understand soil properties, design different foundation types, and select appropriate ground improvement techniques. Assessment includes continuous assessments worth 40% and a final exam worth 60% of the final grade.

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Foundation Engineering Course Content

This document provides information on the CIV3201 Foundation Engineering course offered at Makerere University. The course is worth 4 credit units and involves 45 hours of lectures, 30 hours of practicals, and no tutorials over one semester. It covers topics like shallow and deep foundation design, soil testing, retaining structures, and slope stability analysis. The objectives are to understand soil properties, design different foundation types, and select appropriate ground improvement techniques. Assessment includes continuous assessments worth 40% and a final exam worth 60% of the final grade.

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CIV3201 Foundation Engineering

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Weighted Credit
Weighted Weighted
Hours per Semester Continuous Units
Total Mark Exam Mark
Assessment Mark
LH PH TH CH WTM WEM WCM CU
45 30 0 60 100 60 40 4

Course Description
In this course, students acquire knowledge and skills in planning and designing of economical and stable
foundation of soils. It involves ground investigations (lab and field tests), providing solutions to difficult soils,
prediction of structural behaviour loading the soil and construction aspects.

Objectives
• Understand the physical, mechanical and mathematical principles of soils
• Introduce the learners to different foundation systems both the shallow and deep types.
• Measure soil properties in accordance with accepted standards
• Apply the basic principles of Soil Mechanics, physics and mathematics in solving real Engineering
problems.
• Select and design appropriate foundation systems based on economy and safety
• To introduce participants to the different soil retaining systems, their selection criteria and design.
• To introduce the participants to different soil improvement techniques used on the different
problematic soils.

Course Content
1. Introduction [6CH]
1.1 Review of Bearing capacity
1.2 Terms and definitions
1.3 Prantl, Terzaghi, Meyerhof and Brinch-Hansen analysis
1.4 Consolidation/settlement
2. Types of Foundations [8CH]
2.1 Classification of foundations – Strip, Raft, Pad and Pile foundations
3. Design of Shallow Foundations [10CH]
3.1 Essentials on design
3.2 Axially and Eccentrically loaded foundations
4. Design of Pile foundations [9CH]
4.1 Pile driving
4.2 Bearing capacity of piles (skin friction and end-bearing)
4.3 Pile groups
5. Earth retaining structures [12CH]
5.1 Types of structures
5.2 Lateral active and passive earth pressures
5.3 Surcharge on backfill
5.4 Design of earth retaining structures, (Gravity walls, cantilever walls, walls with counter forts,
etc)
5.5 Backfill drainages
6. Practicals [15CH]

Learning Outcomes
On completing the course the student should be able to:
ƒ Perform consolidation analysis both time and stress dependent
ƒ Design a budget and proposal for a Geotechnical investigation
ƒ Design appropriate foundation systems based on ground-investigation data
ƒ Select appropriate ground improvement methods for problematic soils encountered in Engineering
practice

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ƒ Perform stability analysis for slopes and retaining walls using simple classical hand calculations and
software.
ƒ Select boring depth , location and associated laboratory tests for simple construction projects
Mode of teaching/delivery
The course shall be conducted through lectures, tutorials and practicals.

Mode of Assessment
Assessment will be done through continuous interim assessments (assignments and tests) and a final
examination. Interim assessment will carry a total of 40% and final examination will carry 60% of the final
grade mark.

Proposed Staff
Dr. Denis Kalumba
Mr. Richard Kizza

Reading/Reference Materials
1. Bowles, J.E: Foundation Analysis and design, 4th Ed. Mac.Graw-Hill, 1988
2. Braja. M. Das: Principles of Foundation Engineering, 6th Ed. McGraw-Hill, 2003
3. Muni Budhu : Soil Mechanics and Foundations, 2nd Ed. John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2007

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