Lecture: 3 hoursNumber of units: 3Course Description:Review of fundamental concepts – index and classification properties, water flow, effective stress concept, consolidation behavior, shear strength of soils – undrained and drained conditions. Subsurface exploration – main sampling/characterization methods and reporting, variability. Lateral loads (atrest, active and passive pressures). Earth retaining structures – walls (gravity/cantilever, mechanically-stabilized earth, sheet-piled, anchored), braced cuts, dewatering and drainage. Performance requirements, applied loads based on codes, and selection of foundations. Shallow foundation design – types (spread, strip, and mat/raft), bearing capacity and settlements (elastic/initial, consolidation, allowable/tolerable), testing and evaluation. Deep foundation design – types (methods, configuration, materials), bearing capacity (axial and lateral) and settlements, testing and evaluation.