Principles of Foundation Engineering, Adapted International Edition

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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Geotechnical Properties of Soil Introdcution / Grain-Size Distribution / Size Limits for Soils / Weight-Volume Relationships / Relative Density / Atterberg Limits / Soil Classification Systems / Hydraulic Conductivity of Soil / Steady-State Seepage / Effective Stress / Consolidation / Calculation of Primary Consolidation Settlement / Time Rate of Consolidation / Shear Strength / Unconfined Compression Test / Correlations for Undrained Shear Strength / Sensitivity Chapter 2: Subsurface Exploration Introduction / Subsurface Exploration Program / Exploratory Borings in the Feild / Procedures for sampling Soil / Observation of Water Tables / Vane Shear Test / Cone Penetration Test / Coring of Rocks / Preparation of Boring Logs / Subsoil Exploration Report Chapter 3: Shallow Foundations Introduction / Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations / General Concepts / Terzaghi's Bearing Capacity Theory / Factor of Safety / Modification of Bearing Capacity Equations for Water Table / The General Bearing Capacity Equation / Eccentrically Loaded Foundations / Bearing Capacity of Layered Soils: Stronger Sand Underlain by Weaker Soil / Settlement of Shallow Foundations / Types of Foundation Settlement / Elastic Settlement Based on the Theory of Elasticity / Elastic Settlement of Foundations of Saturated Clay / Elastic Settlement of Sandy Soil: Use of Strain Influence Factor / Range of Material Parameters for Computing Elastic Settlement / Primary Consolidation Settlement Relationships / Three Dimensional Effect on Primary Consolidation Settlement / Vertical Stress Increase in a Soil Mass Caused by Foundation Load (For Consolidation Settlement Calculation) / Allowable Bearing Pressure in sand Based in Settlement Consideration / Field Load Test / Presumptive Bearing Capacity / Tolerable Settlement of Buildings Chapter 4: Mat Foundations Introduction / Combined Footings / Common Types of Mat Foundations / Bearing Capacity of Mat Foundations / Compensated Foundations / Structural Design of Mat Foudnations Chapter 5: Lateral Earth Pressure and Retaining Walls Indtroduction / Lateral Earth Pressure at Rest / Rankine Active Earth Pressure / Rankine Active Earth Pressure for Inclined Backfill / Coulomb's Active Earth Pressure / Rankine Passive Earth Pressure / Rankine Passive Earth Pressure: Inclined Backfill / Coulimb's Passive Earth Pressure / Comments of the Failure Surface Assumptions for Coulomb's Pressure Calculations / Proportioning Retaining Walls / Application of Lateral Earth Pressure Therories to Design / Equivalent Fluid Method for Determination of Earth Pressure / Stability of Retaining Walls / Check for Overturning / Check for Sliding Along the Base / Check for Bearing Capacity Failure / Construction Joints and Drainage fom Backfill Chapter 6: Sheet Pile Walls Introduction / COnstruction Methods / Cantilever Sheet Pile Walls / Cantilver Sheet Piling Penetrating Sandy Soils / Cnatilever Sheet Piling Penetrating Clay / Anchored Sheet Pile Walls / Free Earth Support Method for Penetration of Sandy Soils / Moment Reduction for anchored Sheet Pile Walls / Free Earth Support Method for Penetration of Clay / Anchors / Ultimate resistance of Anchor Plates and Beams in Sand / Ultimate Resistance of Anchor Plates and beams in Clay / Factor of Safety for Anchor Plates and Beams Chapter 7: Braced Cuts Introduction / Lateral earth Pressure in Braced Cuts / Design of Various Componenets of a Braced Cut / Stability of Braced Cuts / Failure of single Wall Cofferdams by Piping Chapter 8: Pile Foundation Introduction / Tyoes of Piles in Use / Estimation of Pile Length / Installation of Piles . Load Transfer Mechanism / Equations fro Estimating Pile Capacity / Meyerhof's Method for Estimating Qp / Janbu's Method for Estimating Qp / Coyle and Castello's Method for Estimating Qp in Sand / Other Correlations for Claulating Qp with SPT and CPT Results / Frictionless Resistance (Qs) in Sand / Frictional (Skin) Resistance in Clay / General Comments and Allowable Pile Capacity / Point Bearing Capacity of Piles Resting on Rock / Elastic Settlement of Piles / Laterally Loaded Piles / Pile Driving Formulas / Group Piles - Efficiency / Consolidation Settlement of Group Piles Chapter 9: Drilled Shafts Introduction / Types of Drilled Shafts / Construction Procedures / Other Design Considerations / Estimation of Load-Bearing Capacity - General / Drilled Shafts in Sand-Load -Bearing Capacity / Drilled Shafts in Clay - Load Bearing Capacity / Lateral Load-Carrying Capacity Chapter 10: Foundations on Difficult Soils Introduction / Foundations of Collapsing Soil / Definition and Types of Collapsing Soil / Physical Parameters for Identification / Procedure for Claculation of Collapse Settlement / Foundation Design in Soils Not susceptible to Wetting / Foundation Design in Soils Susceotible to Wetting / Foundations on Expansive Soil / Expansive Soils - General / Laboratory Measurement of Swell / Classification of Expansive Soil / Foundation Considerations on Expansive Soils / Construction on Expansive Soils / Sanitary Landfills - General / Settlement of Sanitary Landfills / Bearing Capacity of Foundation on Sanitary Landfills Chapter 11: Soil Improvement Introduction / Compaction - General Principles / Field Compaction / Vibroflotation / Precompression - General Considerations / Sand Drains / Wick Drains / Soil Stabilization by Admixtures Answers to Selected Problems Index