CIVE.5300 Driven Deep Foundations (Formerly 14.530)
Id: 003022
Credits: 3-3
Description
design and analyses of driven deep foundations including: Deep foundations classification and historical perspective. Effects of pile installation. Static capacity and settlement analysis of a single pile and a pile group under vertical loads. Insight of pile resistance including soil behavior and interfacial friction. Driven pile load test standards, construction, interpretation, and simulation. Dynamic analysis of driven piles, the wave equation analysis, dynamic measurements during driving and their interpretation. Reliability based design using the Load and Resistance Factor design (LRFD) methodology application for driven deep foundations.
Prerequisites
CIVE.5310 Advanced Soil Mechanics, or Permission of Instructor.
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