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AF2609 Foundation Engineering 7.5 credits

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After this course, the student will be able to:

• Understand foundation design in relation to ground movement

• Design deep foundations, piled foundations, sheet piling constructions, retaining wall constructions and soil improvements

• Evaluate the soil-structure interactions

• Calculate stresses and strain in soil and structures

• Evaluate deformations in the soil due to excavation and foundation works

Please note that all lectures will be held in English.

Information per course offering

Termin

Information for Autumn 2026 Start 24 Aug 2026 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
24 Aug 2026 - 23 Oct 2026
Periods

Autumn 2026: P1 (7.5 hp)

Pace of study

50%

Application code

11990

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

English

Course memo
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Number of places

Min: 10

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Contact

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Course syllabus as PDF

Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.

Course syllabus AF2609 (Autumn 2026–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus AF2609 (Autumn 2026–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • Geotechnical investigations
  • Ground improvement, with focus on dry deep mixing
  • Piling
  • Retaining walls with focus on sheet pile walls
  • Foundations on rock
  • Soil reinforcement

Intended learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student shall be able to:

  • Design ground improvement with focus on deep mixing,
  • Design pile foundations,
  • Design sheet pile walls,
  • Evaluate bearing capacity for foundations on rock,
  • Write a geotechnical design report.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Documented knowledge in soil mechanics or foundation engineering. And structural mechanics, structural engineering in at least total 12 ECTS points corresponding to the content in courses AF1601 or AE1106 and AF1005. 

Eng B/6 according to the Swedish upper secondary school system.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • ÖVN1 - Exercise, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • TEN1 - Examin, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ABE/Soil- and Rock Mechanics

Main field of study

The Built Environment

Education cycle

Second cycle