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English - Round (7): Module 1 - Bearing Capacity (Resistance)

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Round (7) Starts on July 15, 2026 This is the most comprehensive course on bearing capacity in geotechnical practice. You’ll earn a Certificate of Completion for 7.5 PDH (Professional Development Hours) after completing all videos and submitting your assignment. All content available from Day 1. Learn at your own pace, but never learn alone.
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Chapter (1): Introduction (1 Video)

1 - Introduction

Chapter (2): Case History (1 Video)

2 - Case History

Chapter (3): Three Failure Modes (4 Videos)

(3a) General Shear Failure
(3b) Local Shear Failure
(3c) Punching Shear Failure
(3d) Determine Failure Type

Chapter (4): General Bearing Capacity Equation (11 Videos)

(4a) Three Components of Bearing Capacity
(4b) Bearing Capacity Equation (CFEM - CSA S6-19 - AASHTO)
(4c) Bearing Capacity Factors
(4d) Shape Factor
(4e) Depth Factor
(4f) Example 1 - Covers "Bearing Capacity Factor - Depth Factor - Shape Factor"
(4g) Inclination Factors
(4h) Example 2 - Covers "Inclination Factor"
(4i) Surface Slope
(4j) Example 3 - Covers "Surface Slope"
(4k) Base Inclination

Chapter (5): Drained Vs Undrained (1 Video)

5 - Drained Vs Undrained

Chapter (6): Influence of Ground Water (3 Videos)

(6a) CFEM and CSA S6-19
(6b) AASHTO
(6c) Example 4 - Covers "Effect of GWT on Bearing Capacity"

Chapter (7): Eccentric Forces and Moments (4 Videos)

(7a) CFEM (Allowable Stress Design)
(7b) AASHTO and CSA (LRFD)
(7c) Stress Calculations
(7d) Example 5 - Covers "Eccentricity Effect"

Chapter (8): Consideration for Footings on Slopes (6 Videos)

(8a) Introduction - AASHTO
(8b) Footings on Slope
(8c) Example 6 - Covers "Footings on Slopes"
(8d) Recall Footing on Sloped Ground CFEM
(8e) Footing Adjacent to Slope
(8f) Example 7 - Covers "Footing Adjacent to Slope"

Chapter (9): Consideration for Punching and Local Shear (4 Videos)

(9a) Introduction
(9b) Vesic Detailed Approach
(9c) AASHTOO Simplified Approach
(9d) Example 8 - Covers "Vesic Detailed Approach"

Chapter (10): Two Layer System (7 Videos)

(10a) AASHTO - H critical Determination
(10b) Undrained - Case (1)
(10c) Example 9 - Covers "Undrained Case (1)"
(10d) Undrained - Case (2)
(10e) Example 10 - Covers "Undrained Case (2)"
(10f) Drained Condition
(10g) Example 11 - Covers "Drained Condition"

Chapter (11): Closely Spaced Footings (4 Videos)

(11a) No Overlap
(11b) Passive Zones Just Overlap
(11c) Transition and Passive Zone Size Reduced
(11d) Very Close Footings

Chapter (12): Bearing Capacity from SPT and CPT (4 Videos)

(12a) CFEM - Bearing Capacity from SPT
(12b) AASHTO - Bearing Capacity from SPT
(12c) CFEM - Bearing Capacity from CPT
(12d) AASHTO - Bearing Capacity from CPT

Chapter (13): Allowable Bearing Capacity (3 Videos)

(13a) Uncertainties in Geotechnical Engineering
(13b) Commonly Used Values for Factor of Safety FOS
(13c) CFEM - Qall

Chapter (14): Factored Bearing Resisatnce (3 Videos)

(14a) Limit State Design
(14b) Geotechnical Resistance Factors - AASHTO and CFEM
(14c) CSA S6-19 - Geotechnical Resistance Factors

Chapter (15): Horizontal Resistance - Check Against Sliding (3 Videos)

(15a) Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code - CSA S6-19
(15b) AASHTO - Cohesionless Soils
(15c) AASHTO - Cohesive Soils

Chapter (16): Bearing Capacity of Rocks (3 Videos)

(16a) Failure Modes
(16b) Methods for Bearing Capacity on rock
(16c) Core Strength Method

Chapter (17): Typical Values for Preliminary Design Bearing Pressures (7 Videos)

(17a) Cohesionless Soil - CFEM
(17b) Cohesionless AASHTO
(17c) Cohesive Soils - CFEM
(17d) Cohesive Soils AASHTO
(17e) Rock - CFEM
(17f) Rock - AASHTO
(17g) Problematic Soils

Chapter (18): Geotechnical Structure Cycle

18- Geotechnical Structure Cycle