Course syllabus

010813306-65 วิศวกรรมฐานราก (Foundation Engineering)

Course Syllabus

Data entry : Prof. Dr.Pitthaya Jamsawang
1. Course number and name

010813306-65 วิศวกรรมฐานราก (Foundation Engineering)

2. Credits and contact hours

3(3-0-6)

3. Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name

Prof. Dr.Pitthaya Jamsawang

4. Text book, title, author, and year

  1. Braja M. Das, 2011, Principle of Foundation Engineering, Cengage Learning.
  2. เอกสารประกอบการสอนของผู้สอน

5. Specific course information

  1. brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)
    Subsurface investigation and soil sampling, bearing capacity of foundation, spread and pile foundation design, settlement analysis, earth pressure problems and retaining structures and sheet pile wall, elementary of soil improvement, introduction to mat and caisson foundation design, introduction to open cut and braced cut, design practice and drawing in foundation engineering.
  2. prerequisites or co-requisites
  3. indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course in the program
    n/a :

6. Specific goals for the course

  1. specific outcomes of instruction (e.g. The student will be able to explain the significance of current research about a particular topic.)
    1. CLO1 Have a knowledge of the bearing capacity of foundation, load capacity of pile foundation which applied to solve foundation engineering problem using knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
    2. CLO2 Apply knowledge to engineering design solutions for foundation settlement, retaining structures, open cut and braced cut following the engineering safety requirement.
    3. CLO3 Ability to communicate, explain, clarify foundation engineering problems including various solutions in the classroom by studying relevant case studies.
  2. explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any other outcomes are addressed by the course.
    ABET Student Outcome (SO) Listed in Criterion 3 Course learning outcome (CLO)
    PO3 : การออกแบบและพัฒนาเพื่อหาคำตอบของปัญหา การออกแบบและพัฒนาเพื่อหาคำตอบของปัญหา
    • CLO1 Have a knowledge of the bearing capacity of foundation, load capacity of pile foundation which applied to solve foundation engineering problem using knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.

7. Brief list of topics to be covered
  • Study plan and introduction
  • Subsurface investigation and soil sampling
  • Bearing capacity of foundation
  • Bearing capacity of foundation (Cont’d)
  • Settlement analysis
  • Pile foundation
  • Pile foundation (Cont’d)
  • Design and drawing 1
  • Earth pressure problems and retaining structures
  • Sheet pile wall
  • Open cut and braced cut
  • Elementary of soil improvement
  • Mat and caisson foundation
  • Mat and caisson foundation (Cont’d)
  • Design and drawing 2
  • Reviews
  • Study plan and introduction
  • Subsurface investigation and soil sampling
  • Bearing capacity of foundation
  • Bearing capacity of foundation (Cont’d)
  • Settlement analysis
  • Pile foundation
  • Pile foundation (Cont’d)
  • Design and drawing 1
  • Earth pressure problems and retaining structures
  • Sheet pile wall
  • Open cut and braced cut
  • Elementary of soil improvement
  • Mat and caisson foundation
  • Mat and caisson foundation (Cont’d)
  • Design and drawing 2
  • Reviews
8. Course Assessment
Course assessment Weight score (%) Assessment tools Date
midterm and final eaxamination 100 midterm examination, final examination

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