Florida International University

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

CEG-4012 Geotechnical Engineering II
Spring Term 2010
Course Parameters
Learning Objectives: The student will be exposed to various theoretical and practical methods
of analysis and design of engineering foundations, through the use of slides, videos, handouts,
classroom demonstrations, field trips, discussions, weely !ui""es and essay pro#ects$ Each mode
of instruction will also serve as a test of the student%s growing comprehension of the sub#ect$
&tudents will have available a weely appraisal of their progress$
Course Time: ', ( ) F, *+++ to *+,+ hours, classroom EC-.//+$
Instructor0 1uis 2$ 3rieto-3ortar 3hD, 3E$
3rofessor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
4ffice 5ours0 'T(6F +78+-*98+ hours at EC-8:9/$
4ffice telephone 8+,-8/;-.;., < Fax 8+,-.8/;-.;+.$
E-mail0 prietol=fiu$edu$
Website: http0<web$eng$fiu$edu<prieto or >oogle0 ?3rieto-3ortar@$
Dr$ 3rieto-3ortar provides notes on each topic in his website$ Aui""es and
assignments follow these notes$ The purchase of the textboo is optional,
although it provides the student an alternate viewpoint$
Ref. Textbook0 ?Foundation Design@ by Donald Coduto, 3rentice-5all$
Grading Criterion0 The student%s progress with the course material will be assessed through
pro#ects, !ui""es, field trips and homewor assignments$ 2ll home pro#ects
are to be presented clearly written, without spelling or grammatical
mistaes,
*$ (ritten in (46D, (ord3erfect, etcB
.$ Tables and graphs in ECCE1, etcB
8$ Figures in 2utoC2DB and
/$ 4ral presentations with 3ower3oint$
Laborator: The student will prepare a number of experiments in the
geotechnical laboratory at 4U-*+9 during the course that will include a
consolidation test, an un-confined compression test and some tri-axial tests$
CL!"" "C#$%&L$
C'ass (o. %escri)tion of t*e content of t*e c'ass discussions.
* Introduction$
. 5istory of ancient engineering and of early &outh Florida$
8 "*a''o+ foundations$ Types0 spread footings to mat foundations$
/ Ultimate and allowable bearing capacities of spread footings$
, &olutions to problems on bearing capacity of spread footings$
: Elastic settlement on granular soils$
9 3lastic settlement on cohesive soils$
; %esign of s)read footings$
&olutions to problems on the design of spread footings$
7 Dearing capacity and analysis of mat foundations$
*+ Design of mat foundations$
** %ee) foundations0 piles, drilled, augercast, pifs, micro-piles$
*. 2xial load analysis$
*8 Design of piles$ 3ile caps$
*/ >roups of piles$ Efficiency$ &ettlement$ &eismic design$
*, Drilled shafts$ 2uger-cast shafts$ 'icro-piles$
*: 1ateral loads on deep foundations$
*9 $art*,retaining structures0 retaining walls, sheet-piling, braced cuts$
*; 6eview of lateral earth pressures using Coulomb%s theory$
*7 6einforced concrete retaining walls$
.+ 'echanically stabili"ed retaining walls$
.* Cantilevered and anchored sheet pile walls$
.. Draced cuts$ 2nchors$
.8 Caissons$

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-oundations
on difficu't soi's.
., Expansive and collapsible
soils$ &cour$
.: &anitary landfills$
.9 &oil Improvement$ Tunnels$