Introduction

• Basic Soil Mechanics
• Geotechnical Investigation
• Pile Foundation Concepts – Steel and Concrete Piles

Port and Harbours Structures

• Foundations for Ports and Harbour Structures
• Island and offshore Jetties
• Diaphragm walls
• Bored concrete piles

Offshore Platforms

• Axial and Lateral Pile Capacity
• Soil Resistance to driving (SRD)
• Non-linear Pile Soil Interaction
• P-Y, T-Z and Q-Z curves for sand, soft and stiff clay
• Pile Group Effects and cyclic degradation effects on pile capacity

Mobile Drilling Rigs

• Jackup Stability
• Spudcan penetration
• Pile – Spudcan interaction

Pile Installation and Driveability

• Pile Installation Methods
• Smith's dynamic pile-soil model
• Pile refusal criteria and setup
• Pile Driving Stresses and Fatigue
• Pile Stickup and Associated Issues

The speakers are eminent researchers from IIT Madras and specialists from the industry