This Text addresses practical ground engineering for structures of low risk/vulnerability in well understood, uniform ground conditions. Where the nature of the ground and/or the loads to be applied are more complex, specialist geotechnical advice is essential. You should be familiar with the concepts discussed in Essential Knowledge Text No.18 Ground Engineering Part 1: Principles, before referring to this Text.
Contents:
Design of strip, pad, raft and piled foundations
- Shallow foundations (strip, pad or raft)
- Piled foundations
Slope (in)stability
- Types of slope instability
- Analysis
Retaining walls
- Types of retaining walls
- Theory of earth pressure
- Forces on embedded retaining walls
- Multi-propped excavation
Behaviour of high plasticity (expansive) clays and control of foundation movement
- Investigation of a site with expansive soil
- Mitigation methods
Ground improvement
Soil-structure interaction