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• Syllabus
• Course Materials
  • Textbook:
    • Coduto, D.P. Foundation Design: Principles and Practices, 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.
  • Reference Books:
    • NAVFAC DM 7.02, Foundations and Earth Structure
      • Download
      • Hard Copy
    • Bearing Capacity and Settlement
      • Bearing Capacity (EM 1110-1-1905, Download)
      • Settlement (EM 1110-1-1904, Download)
      • Hard Copy
    • Geotechnical Engineering Circular #6 (Hough Method)
  • Other Documents on Foundations
  • Other Documents on Retaining Walls
  • Coduto Books Home Page
  • UTC's Home Page
  • All of my slides and information for all of my courses
• Computer Software
  • DRIVEN Program
    • Program
    • Documentation
  • Online Pile Capacity and Wave Equation Analyser
  • Online Fixed End Anchored Wall Sheet Pile Analyser
• Lecture Slides
  • Introduction and Overview of Foundations
  • Performance Requirements for Foundations
  • Shallow Foundations
    • General Considerations
    • Bearing Capacity
    • Geotechnical Design (Part I)
    • Geotechnical Design (Part II)
      • Solution Spreadsheet for NAVFAC DM 7.01 Settlement Problem using Hough's Method
    • Structural Design (Part I)
    • Structural Design (Part II); Mat Foundations (Part I)
    • Mat Foundations (Part II)
  • Soil Improvement (Combined Lecture)
  • Deep Foundations
    • Introduction and Driven Piles
    • Drilled Shafts
    • Structural Design
    • Static Load Testing
    • Axial Geotechnical Design (Part I)
    • Axial Geotechnical Design (Part II)
    • Pile Dynamics
    • Lateral Loads and Design Criteria
  • Lateral Earth Pressures and Retaining Walls
    • Overview; Lateral Earth Pressure Theory
    • Sheet Piling: Cantilever Wall Design
    • Sheet Piling: Anchored Wall Design; Overview of Externally Stabilized Systems
    • Cantilever Retaining Walls
  • Load and Resistance Factor Design