Course Details

Foundation Engineering (E)

Academic Year 2025/26

NFB020 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIE Winter Semester 1st year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Věra Glisníková, CSc.

Institute

Institute of Geotechnics

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/295771

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction. Limit states principles, geotechnical categories. Shallow footings – pads, strip footings, foundation slabs.
  • 2. Design and check of shallow footings – 1st and 2nd limit states.
  • 3. Improvement of soil properties for shallow foundations. Gravelly pillows.
  • 4. Deep foundations – basic elements. Caissons. Open caissons.
  • 5. Distribution of piles(displacement, replacement). Bored piles. CFA piles. Technology of building.
  • 6. Design of axial loaded bored piles. – limit bearing capacity, limit loading curve.
  • 7. Uncased piles – building technology. Vibropiles.
  • 8. Micropiles – types, construction method, utilization.
  • 9. Diaphragm walls and lamellas – construction method and utilization.
  • 10. Anchors-distribution, design and technology.
  • 11. Jet grouting – technology, jet grouting use.
  • 12. Foundation pits and their timbering. Braces sheeting, pile walls, diaphragm walls.
  • 13. Static design of foundation pit timbering. Foundation underpinning.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1.–2. Introduction into foundation engineering. Video.
  • 3.–4. Design and check of shallow footings.
  • 5.–6. vDeep foundations. Bearing capacity of single bored pile.
  • 7.–8. Design of retaining wall.
  • 9.–10. Programme Geo 5.
  • 11.–12. Special foundation technologies. Video.
  • 13. Credit.