FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK

SEMESTER 1
SESSION 2018/2019

COURSE PLAN
Course
FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Title
Course
KNS3243
Code
Course
3
Credit
Course
Core
Status
Prerequisite KNS2163 Geotechnical Engineering
Synopsis This course is to give knowledge and understanding of foundation design. It includes bearing
capacity of soils and settlement of shallow foundations, foundations on difficult soils, ground
improvement techniques, raft or mat foundations, pile foundations, drilled piers, sheet pile walls,
cofferdam, caissons, strutted excavations, underpinning of foundations, and use of modern
computational tools.
Course By the end of this course, students should be able to;
Learning Level of Domain WP/
PLO WK
Outcomes C P A S EA
(CLO) CLO1 Design shallow and deep
foundation under various WP1
ground conditions and PLO WK and
5
respond to different types of 3 5 some
ground improvement of all
techniques [C]. WP2-
CLO2 Respond to use modern WP7
PLO WK
engineering tools for shallow 3
5 6
foundation design [P].
CLO3 Present technical report on
C PLO
project and foundation 4
S 9
practice [A]
CO4 Build good relationship, T
interact and work effectively S/ PLO
5
with other team members [A]. L 10
S
C: Cognitive ; P: Psychomotor ; A: Affective ; S: Soft-skill (CT: Critical Thinking)

Week CLO Topics Teaching Assessment/Evaluation

Activities Method
1 CLO1 Shallow Foundations: Bearing ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based
Capacity and Settlement Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
● Bearing capacity equations assignment/ final
(Terzaghi, Vesic, Meyerhof) exam
● Eccentric Loads; Layered soils ● Theoretical-based
question: quiz/ test/
● Effects of groundwater
assignment/ final
exam
2 CLO1 Shallow Foundations: Bearing ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based
Capacity and Settlement (Con’t) Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
● Foundation design criteria (SLS, assignment/ final
ULS) exam
● Elastic settlement ● Theoretical-based
question: quiz/ test/
● Consolidation settlement
assignment/ final
 exam
3 CLO1 Shallow Foundations: Bearing ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based
Capacity and Settlement (Con’t) Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
● Settlement from the Standard assignment/ final
Penetration Test (SPT) exam
● Settlement from Cone Penetration ● Theoretical-based
Test (CPT) question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
exam
4 CLO1 Foundation on Expansive and ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based
Collapsible Soils Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
● Properties of expansive soil assignment/ final
exam
● Design of foundation on expansive
soil ● Theoretical-based
question: quiz/ test/
● Properties of collapsible soil
assignment/ final
● Design of foundation on collapsible exam
soil
5 CLO1 Foundation on Peat and Soft Clay ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based
● Properties of peat and soft clay Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
● Design of foundations in peat and
exam
soft clay
● Theoretical-based
question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
exam
6 CLO1 Techniques of Ground ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based
Improvements Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
● Pre-loading assignment/ final
exam
● Sand drains & PVD
● Theoretical-based
● Dynamic compaction
question: quiz/ test/
● Soil stabilization assignment/ final
exam
7 CLO2 Introduction to Geotechnical ● Project ● Calculation-based
Software for Evaluation of Shallow question:
Foundation assignment
● Uses of modern engineering tools ● Mini Project
(i.e. PLAXIS, GEOSTUDIO)

8 CLO1 Pile Foundation ● Site visit ● Reflective

CLO3 ● Pile foundation Assessment: Site
CLO4 visit report
● Various types of piles
● Peer Evaluation
● Estimation of load carrying capacity
of piles

9 CLO1 Pile Foundation (cont’d) ● Lecture: ● Reflective

CLO3 ● Piles load tests ● Site visit Assessment: Site
CLO4 visit report
● Pile groups and efficiency of pile
group ● Peer Evaluation

10 CLO1 Drilled Pier & Caissons Foundations ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based

● Types of drilled piers Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
● Estimation of load carrying capacity
exam
and uplift capacity of piers
 ● Application, capacity and ● Theoretical-based
construction method of Caissons question: quiz/ test/
Foundation assignment/ final
exam
11 CLO1 Analysis of Raft and Basement ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based
● Application & principle Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
● Buoyant effect
exam
● Design and construction
● Theoretical-based
question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
exam
12 CLO1 Sheet Pile Walls and Cofferdam ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based
● Application & principle Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
● Construction method
exam
● Design of sheet-pile walls and
● Theoretical-based
cofferdam
question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
exam

13 CLO1 Struttered Excavation ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based

● Stability and support Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
● Lateral earth pressures in braced
exam
cuts
● Theoretical-based
● Design of various components in
question: quiz/ test/
braced cuts
assignment/ final
exam
14 CLO1 Underpinning of Foundation ● Lecture: ● Calculation-based
● Shoring and underpinning Explain, clarify question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
exam
● Theoretical-based
question: quiz/ test/
assignment/ final
exam

Teaching - Category Activities SLT Hours

Learning per semester
Approach Guided Learning (face to face) Lecture 39
Tutorial -
Laboratory/Practical -
Project/PBL/Design/Site Visit/etc 9*
Non-Guided Learning (Self Independent revision 39
learning activities) Preparation for 18
Project/PBL/Design/Site Visit/etc
Preparation for continuous 9
assessments and Final exam
Formal Assessment Continuous Assessment/Test(s) 3
Final Examination 3
Total 120

*Note: 1 credit hour = 1 hour of lecture, =2 hours of tutorial, =2 hours of lab/practical, 3 hours
of Project/PBL/Design/Site Visit/etc.

Assessment Percent
age
 Test (s) 30
Assign 30
ment(s)
/Tutori
al(s)/
PBL
/Quiz
(s)/
Project
(s)/Coo
perativ
e
Learni
ng
Final 40
Exam
Total 100
CLO PLO Assessment/ Evaluation Distribution %
Method
CLO1 PLO3 ● Calculation-based ● Mid- 85
question: quiz/ test/ term test 30
assignment/ final exam ●
● Theoretical-based
question: quiz/ test/ Assignment/Q
assignment/ final exam uiz 15
●

Final Exam 40
CLO2 PLO5 ● Calculation-based question: ● 5
quiz/ test/ assignment/ final
exam Mini Project
● Theoretical-based question: (Modern Tools)
quiz/ test/ assignment/ final 5
exam
CLO3 PLO9 ● Reflective Assessment: ● 8
Site visit report
Site visit report
8
CLO4 PLO10 ● Peer Evaluation ● 2

Peer Evaluation
2
Total 100

1. Das B.M. (2011) Principles of Foundation Engineering, SI (7th Edition).

Cengage Learning, Stamford, USA.
Resources 2. Das B.M. (2006) Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (6th Edition).
Thomson, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
3. Budhu M. (2000). Soil Mechanics & Foundations. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
4. Coduto D.P. (1991) Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practice (1st
Edition). Prentice-Hall Publishing

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