Course Details
Foundation Engineering (V)
Academic Year 2023/24
BF051 course is part of 1 study plan
B-P-C-SI (N) / V Winter Semester 3rd year
Shallow footings and deep foundations.
Water pressure tests.
Classical injection – sealing, hardening, compensation, plugging shutters, jet grouting – technology, design, utilization in water building.
Diaphragm walls – constructive, sheeting and sealing, usage of sealing walls in water building and environmental geotechnics.
Encapsulation, protection of waste dumps.
Cofferdams – type, design and static check of coffers, hydraulic stability of coffers.
Foundation of water structures.
Water pressure tests.
Classical injection – sealing, hardening, compensation, plugging shutters, jet grouting – technology, design, utilization in water building.
Diaphragm walls – constructive, sheeting and sealing, usage of sealing walls in water building and environmental geotechnics.
Encapsulation, protection of waste dumps.
Cofferdams – type, design and static check of coffers, hydraulic stability of coffers.
Foundation of water structures.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
To acquaint the students with the design of water structure foundations, injection methods of subsoil, reliable design of cofferdams.
Knowledge
Student will master the course objective - the design of water structure foundations, injection methods of subsoil, reliable design of cofferdams.
Syllabus
1.-2. Introduction. Shallow footings for water and other structures.
3.-4. Deep foundations – basic elements. Caissons, open caissons and piles.
5.-6. Water pressure tests. Classical injection in water structures.
7.-8. Jet grouting – technology, jet grouting use.
9.-10. Diaphragm walls – construction method and utilization. Encapsulation. Protection of waste dumps.
11.-12. Foundation pits and their timbering. Cofferdams – types and using.
13. Static design of both foundation pit timbering and coffers. Hydraulic stability of coffers.
3.-4. Deep foundations – basic elements. Caissons, open caissons and piles.
5.-6. Water pressure tests. Classical injection in water structures.
7.-8. Jet grouting – technology, jet grouting use.
9.-10. Diaphragm walls – construction method and utilization. Encapsulation. Protection of waste dumps.
11.-12. Foundation pits and their timbering. Cofferdams – types and using.
13. Static design of both foundation pit timbering and coffers. Hydraulic stability of coffers.
Prerequisites
Types of foundation soils, properties of soils, limit states theory, basic principles of structural mechanics, theory of strength and elasticity, structure design.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
3 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
graded course-unit credit
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1.-2. Introduction. Shallow footings for water and other structures.
3.-4. Deep foundations – basic elements. Caissons, open caissons and piles.
5.-6. Water pressure tests. Classical injection in water structures.
7.-8. Jet grouting – technology, jet grouting use.
9.-10. Diaphragm walls – construction method and utilization. Encapsulation. Protection of waste dumps.
11.-12. Foundation pits and their timbering. Cofferdams – types and using.
13. Static design of both foundation pit timbering and coffers. Hydraulic stability of coffers.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Introduction. Earth pressures.
2. Shallow foundations. 1st a 2nd limit states.
3. Programme Geo 5.
4. Vertical bearing capacity of pile foundations, 1st limit state.
5. Vertical bearing capacity of pile foundations, 2nd limit state.
6. Design of gravity wall.
7. Programme Geo 5.
8. The design of freestanding sheeting wall.
9. The design of anchored sheeting wall.
10. Programme Geo 5.
11. Dewatering of foundation pit.
12. Individual consultations.
13. Credit.