Tall Building Foundation Design
Published on 15. September 2017
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-4987-9771-9 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive guide to the design of foundations for tall buildings outlines various foundation options followed by the general principles of foundation design applied to tall buildings. It differentiates the preliminary, detailed and final design stages. Methods of assessment of the geotechnical design parameters are emphasised throughout. Detailed treatment is given to foundation design for various conditions, including ultimate stability, serviceability, ground movements, dynamic loadings and seismic loadings; and to basement wall design. The last part of the book deals with pile load testing and foundation performance measurement, and provides a number of case histories.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Portland
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
20 s/w Zeichnungen, 280 s/w Abbildungen
20 Line drawings, black and white; 280 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-9771-9 (9781498797719)
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Person
Professor Harry Poulos AM FAA FTSE NAE DScEng is a Senior Principal with the geotechnical consulting company of Coffey Geotechnics in Sydney Australia, and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney. He has been involved in a large number of major projects in Australia and overseas including the Egnatia Odos highway project in Greece, the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, and the Dubai tower in Doha, Qatar. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1988 and a Fellow of The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 1996. He has received a number of awards and prizes, including the Kevin Nash Gold Medal of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in 2005. He was the Rankine Lecturer in 1989 and the Terzaghi Lecturer in 2004, and was selected as the Australian Civil Engineer of the Year for 2003 by the Institution of Engineers Australia. In 1993, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to engineering, and in 2010, he was elected a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 2014, he was elected as a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering.
Content
Introduction. Characteristics of Tall Buildings. Selection of Foundation Type. Foundation Design Process and Criteria. Building Loads. Assessment of Ground Conditions. Design for Ultimate Limit State Loadings. Design for Serviceability. Design for Ground Movements. Design for Dynamic Loadings. Design for Seismic Events. Design of Basement Walls and Excavations. Load Testing. Performance Monitoring. Case Histories.