🔹 Week 4: Shallow Foundation Design

• Objectives:

  • Analyze and design spread footings and mat foundations.

  • Evaluate bearing capacity and settlement.

• Topics Covered:

  • Types of shallow foundations.

  • Terzaghi and Meyerhof bearing capacity equations.

  • Immediate and consolidation settlement.

  • Foundation design under eccentric loads.

  • Structural and geotechnical design coordination.