Course : Shallow Foundation Engineering

  • 30 August 2017, 10.12
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Course code/credits and contact hours : TKS2201/2.0
Semester : IV
Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name : Teuku Faisal Fathani, ST., MT., Ph.D.
Bibliography :
  1. Bowles, J.E., 1994, Foundation Analysis and Design, Mc. Graw-Hill, Inc, New York
  2. Coduto, D. P. 1994, Foundation Design: Principe and Studio works, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA
  3. Hardiyatmo, H.C. 2010, Analisis dan Perancangan Fondasi I, UGM Press, Yogyakarta
  4. Suryolelono, K. B., 1993, Teknik Fondasi I, Nafiri, Jogjakarta
Specific course information
Brief description  : This course contains the definition of shallow foundation, soil bearing capacity theory (Terzaghi, Meyerhof, and Vesic), foundation width effect and ground water level position, individual footing foundation, combined footing foundation, mat foundation. Retaining wall, lateral soil pressure theory, drawing of active and passive soil pressure diagram, drainage in retaining wall structure, retaining wall by reinforced earth.
Prerequisite Courses :
  1. Soil Mechanics I (Semester III)
  2. Soil Mechanics II (Semester IV)
  3. Building Structures (Semester II)
  4. Physics for Civil Engineering (Semester II)
  5. Statics I (Semester III)
Required/elective : Required
Studio work : N/A
Laboratory work : N/A
Specific goals of the course
Specific outcomes : The students are expected to be able to design and plan shallow foundation and retaining wall construction.
Student outcomes : (a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering in civil engineering fields

(c) An ability to design a system, component, or process in order to be able to face the real constraints in economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
Brief list of topics to be covered :
  1. Shallow foundation construction according to soil bearing capacity
  2. Building with a shallow foundation
  3. Soil bearing capacity analysis based on soil characteristics
  4. Shallow foundation construction and requirements for the utilization of this type of foundation
  5. Theory and types of single foundation (direct) in symmetry or asymmetry form
  6. Design of rectangular, trapezoidal and t-shapes, footing and plate straps, shallow foundation combinations
  7. Retaining wall
  8. Analysis of soil pressure
  9. The influence of load, water level and multiple soil layers against soil pressure (still, active, passive)
  10. Active and passive earth pressure analysis with Culmann Method,
  11. Construction plan of retaining wall; graffiti, counterfort
  12. Special topic: development of retaining wall construction