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Foundation design and construction
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In this paper, the authors provide a manual of foundation design and construction methods for the practising engineer, while analytical considerations play a subordinate role and sufficient soil mechanics is included to assist the student in relating and extending his knowledge to embrace the practical considerations involved in foundation selection, design, and construction.Abstract:
The purpose of this book is to provide a manual of foundation design and construction methods for the practising engineer. Synthetic and descriptive elements predominate the book while analytical considerations play a subordinate role. Sufficient soil mechanics is included to assist the student in relating and extending his knowledge to embrace the practical considerations involved in foundation selection, design and construction. The introductory chapter deals in general with site investigation and in particular with methods of drilling sampling and in situ testing of soils. Chapter two is on the general principles of foundation design. The chapter on design in relation to ground movements due to a variety of causes such as mining subsidence, machine vibration, frost heave and ground shrinkage should provide a useful introduction for those who have to deal with these problems. About 400 pages are devoted to the design aspects of the construction of spread, box and piled foundations.read more
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Soil mechanics in engineering practice
Karl Terzaghi,Ralph B. Peck +1 more
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Some recent research on the bearing capacity of foundations
TL;DR: The authors summarizes the results of recent research on the bearing capacity of spread foundations of various shapes under a central vertical load and outlines the effects of found bearing capacity on the performance of the spread foundations.
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Lateral Resistance of Piles in Cohesive Soils
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented methods for the calculation of the deflections at working loads, the ultimate lateral resistance, and moment distribution for laterally loaded single piles and pile groups.