SYNOPSIS

The primary intent of the course is to demonstrate that deep foundation design is a good deal more than finding some value of capacity.  The course aims to show what data one must pull together and present processes of analysis and calculations necessary for a design of a specific project.  Aspects of negative skin friction and associated drag load and downdrag are emphasized. The presentation includes both broad generalities and in-depth details.  Aspects of where to install instrumentation, perform a test, and analyze the test data are addressed.  Settlement analysis is of vital importance to the design of piled foundations, and the course addresses principles of settlement analysis and provides some of the mechanics of calculating settlement.  A few aspects are included of construction aspects as well as of Limit States Design, LSD (Ultimate Limit States, ULS, and Serviceability Limit States, SLS, by Canadian terminology and Load and Resistance Factor Design, LRFD, by US terminology).


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Dr. Bengt H. Fellenius, formerly Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa, is an internationally recognized foundation engineering consultant and the author of more than 300 technical papers.  His professional experience comes from a wide variety of assignments that encompass foundation design for industrial plants, water and sewage treatment facilities, bridges and highway projects, marine structures, and urban area development, as well as participation in special investigations, instrumented field tests, etc.  Dr. Fellenius has given lectures and courses to several universities and international conferences throughout America, Europe, and South-East Asia.  He currently lives in Sidney, BC, Canada.