Foundation Engineering
Instructor: Pelekis Panagiotis
Course code: 5704
Semester: 7ο
e-class:
Course content:

  1. Geotechnical site investigations, soil borings and in-situ tests.
  2. Bearing capacity of shallow foundations, selection of safety factors.
  3. Settlement of shallow foundations, selection of allowable values.
  4. Earth reatining structures:rigid and flexible.
  5. Methods for supporting deep excavations.
  6. Deep foundations, piers, caissons and piles.
  7. Pile groups.
  8. Bearing capacity and settlements of single piles and pile groups.


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