| Description |
xxii, 883 pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
Pt. A. General Principles -- 1. Foundations in Civil Engineering -- 2. Performance Requirements -- 3. Soil Mechanics -- 4. Site Exploration and Characterization -- Pt. B. Shallow Foundation Analysis and Design -- 5. Shallow Foundations -- 6. Shallow Foundations - Bearing Capacity -- 7. Shallow Foundations - Settlement -- 8. Spread Footings - Geotechnical Design -- 9. Spread Footings - Structural Design -- 10. Mats -- Pt. C. Deep Foundation Analysis and Design -- 11. Deep Foundations -- 12. Deep Foundations - Structural Integrity -- 13. Deep Foundations - Axial Load Capacity Based on Static Load Tests -- 14. Deep Foundations - Axial Load Capacity Based on Analytic Methods -- 15. Deep Foundations - Axial Load Capacity Based on Dynamic Methods -- 16. Deep Foundations - Lateral Load Capacity -- 17. Deep Foundations - Design -- Pt. D. Special Topics -- 18. Foundations on Weak and Compressible Soils -- 19. Foundations on Expensive Soils -- 20. Foundations on Collapsible Soils -- 21. Reliability-Based Design -- Pt. E. Earth-Retaining Structure Analysis and Design -- 22. Earth-Retaining Structures -- 23. Lateral Earth Pressures -- 24. Cantilever Retaining Walls -- 25. Sheet Pile Walls. App. A. Unit Conversion Factors -- App. B. Computer Software |
| Summary |
"Using a design-oriented approach that addresses geotechnical, structural, and construction aspects of foundation engineering, this book explores practical methods of designing structural foundations, while emphasizing and explaining how and why foundations behave the way they do. It explains the theories and experimental data behind the design procedures, and how to apply this information to real-world problems. Covers general principles (performance requirements, soil mechanics, site exploration and characterization); shallow foundations (bearing capacity, settlement, spread footings -- geotechnical design, spread footings -- structural design, mats); deep foundations (axial load capacity -- full-scale load tests, static methods, dynamic methods; lateral load capacity; structural design); special topics (foundations on weak and compressible soils, foundation on expansive soils, foundations on collapsible soils); and earth retaining structures (lateral earth pressures, cantilever retaining walls, sheet pile walls, soldier pile walls, internally stabilized earth retaining structures). For geotechnical engineers, soils engineers, structural engineers, and foundation engineers."--Pub. desc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 849-874) and index |
| Subject |
Foundations.
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| LC no. |
00038553 |
| ISBN |
0135897068 |
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