8/2/2017

FOUNDATION ANALYSIS METHODS

(CE-6203)
MD. AFTABUR RAHMAN, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
CHITTAGONG-4349, BANGLADESH
EMAIL: maftabur@gmail.com

BEFORE MOVING INTO MY TASK ! ! !

I feel the necessity of discussing some matters

These are
The difference between undergrad and grad study
What is Journal, Conference etc.
Significance of reading research papers
Research ethics
Contribution to the originality

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNDERGRAD & GRAD STUDIES

Do you think, the Gown is the only

difference ? ? ?

Undergraduate courses are typical, giving you the general idea of many
things ! !
And, Here is life of a
grad student !

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WHAT IS JOURNAL?
Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the
presentation, scrutiny and discussion of research
According to the first editor of the worlds oldest academic journal Henry
Oldenburg
Impart their knowledge to one another, and contribute what they
can to the Grand design of improving natural knowledge, and
perfecting all Philosophical Arts, and Sciences.

They are usually peer-reviewed ? ? ?

Is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly

work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others
who are experts in the same field, before a paper
describing this work is published in a journal or as
a book

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JOURNALS SYNONYM IS NOW BUSINESS

One professor from NEW YORK UNIVERSITY just wrote one sentence and
surprisingly, his paper published ! ! ! !

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HOW TO FIND THE ORIGINALITY/GET THE REAL ONE ? ?

The answer is to find the index of your selected journal
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was founded by Eugene Garfield in
1960. It was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992 and became
known as Thomson ISI. It was a part of the Intellectual Property & Science business
of Thomson Reuters until 2016, when the IP & Science business was sold, becoming
Clarivate Analytics

Unfortunately, our access is restricted ! ! !

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HOW TO FIND THE ORIGINALITY/GET THE REAL ONE ? ?

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RESEARCH ETHICS

These two words are dangerous ! ! !

Whenever you submit your dissertation and/or journal paper, first step
is to check the originality of writings

And, dont use others data/figures/comments without proper permission

/citation . Otherwise, You will be in serious trouble

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SIGNIFICANCE OF RESEARCH PAPERS

The General Bearing Capacity Equation that we use frequently was firstly
appeared in GEOTECHNIQUE Journal in 1951

Any state-of-the-art technology firstly published related scholarly journal

and later incorporated in design code/manual/book

As a grad student, you should read scholarly paper regularly ! ! !

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SIGNIFICANCE OF RESEARCH PAPERS

But, Access is restricted ! ! !

Though it is not ethical, you can download any paper here

www.sci-hub.io

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NOW, BACK TO MY
JOB ! ! !

COURSE CONTENTS

Elastic foundations
loads on infinite slabs, sub-grade coefficient
settlement on non-homogeneous half space
linearly elastic pile and soil, laterally loaded pile
soil foundation interaction for footing and mat designs
Analysis of simple pile and pile group foundations
Exact and numerical solutions to above problems

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