Course detail

Special Foundation Methods

FAST-ZF51Acad. year: 2024/2025

Modern technologies of special foundations, summary of methods, utilization of components and structures in civil engineering.
Pile footings - summary of technologies. Drilled piles, CFA piles, uncased pile, vibrated piles, gravel piles.
Pile foundations - design calculation of axial and horizontal loading.
Micropiles - view of technologies, utilization, design calculation.
Jet grouting. Sheeting structures. Rider sheeting. Pile walls. Diaphragm walls. Modern methods of sheeeting design - depend stresses method. Anchors and bolts. Nailing of slopes.
Special problems - aggressive environment, deep foundations elements protection, undermining areas, seismic regions, everlasting frost bound.
Design of difficult structure in complicated foundation soil by means of modern foundation method.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jan Masopust, CSc.

Department

Institute of Geotechnics (GTN)

Entry knowledge

Types of foundation soils, properties of soils, limit states theory, basic principles of structural mechanics, theory of strength and elasticity, structure design, basic knowledge of the design of foundation structures and of the design of foundation pit sheeting.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

To teach the students (engineers) apply the scientific principles and engineering judgement to design a foundation.
To teach the students how to propose foundation structures of difficult structures at hard geotechnical conditions. To acquaint the students with the modern special foundation technologies.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BAŽANT,Z.: Zakládání staveb. SNTL Praha 1972
BOWLES, J.,E.: Foundations analysis and design. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., USA 1996
MASOPUST,J.: Vrtané piloty. Čeněk a Ježek, Praha 1994
SMOLTCZYK, U. a kol.: Grundbau - Taschenbuch 1. a 2. díl (5. vydání). Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1996

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jan Masopust, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Introduction into special foundation methods. Literature, standards, technical journals. 2. The summary of special foundation methods. 3. Piled foundations-technologies, drilled piles, CFA piles. 4. Uncased piles. Vibrated piles. Gravel piles. 5. Piled foundations-static design of axial loading. 6. Piled foundations-static design of horizontal loading. 7. Micropiles. 8. Jet grouting. 9. Sheeting structures. Rider sheeting. Pile walls. Diaphragm walls. 10. Modern methods of static design of sheeting. Depend stresses method. 11. Anchors and bolts. Nailing of slopes. 12. Special problems-aggressive environment. 13. Undermining areas. Seismic regions. Everlasting frost bound.