Foundation Design And Construction

Foundation Design and Construction has long been established as the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the subject. The combination of soil engineering principles, design information, and construction details, makes this book an essential resource for undergraduates and practitioners alike. The text first introduces basic theory and then, by means of case studies, practical worked examples and design charts, develops an in-depth understanding of foundation design and construction methods. Types of foundation covered include shallow strip, pad and raft, basement structures, driven and bored piles, and deep shafts. Practical information is also given on foundation design for swelling and shrinking clays, filled ground and mining subsidence areas. In addition the text contains a useful introduction to computer-aided design.The seventh edition has been brought up-to-date with recent developments in foundation design and construction techniques. These include recent research undertaken by the Construction Industry Research and Development Association (CIRIA) leading to new methods and design rules, and a discussion of the requirements for the latest draft of Eurocode 7: Geotechnical Design.

Available Textbooks, Handbooks, Various Publications And Papers Give Widely Different Approaches For Design Of Raft Foundations. These Approaches Make Their Own Assumptions And Deal With Ideal Raft, Symmetrical In Shape And Loading. In Actual Practice Rafts Are Rarely So. A Structural Designer Engaged In The Design Of Raft Foundations Finds It Hard To Select The Method That Can Be Carried Out Within The Time And Cost Available For Design And Give Adequate Safety And Economy.This Book Covers Complete Design Of Raft Foundations Including Piled Rafts, Starting From Their Need, Type, All The Approaches Suggested So Far In Published Literature, Effect Of Assumptions Made And Values Of Variables Selected, On The Design Values Of Stresses, And Brings Out The Limitations Of These Approaches Using Actually Constructed Rafts.Results Of Studies Carried Out By The Author Are Summarised And Final Recommendations Given. Solved Examples Are Included For Each Of The Methods Recommended. Comprehensive Treatment Of The Subject Makes The Book Helpful To The Design Engineers, Engineering Teachers, Students And Even Those Who Are Engaged In Further Research.

The contributions contained in these proceedings are divided into three main sections: theme lectures presented during the pre-workshop lecture series; keynote lectures and other contributed papers; and a translation of the Japanese geotechnical design code.

In Foundation Design: Theory and Practice, Professor N. S. V. Kameswara Rao covers the key aspects of the subject, including principles of testing, interpretation, analysis, soil-structure interaction modeling, construction guidelines, and applications to rational design. Rao presents a wide array of numerical methods used in analyses so that readers can employ and adapt them on their own. Throughout the book the emphasis is on practical application, training readers in actual design procedures using the latest codes and standards in use throughout the world. Presents updated design procedures in light of revised codes and standards, covering: American Concrete Institute (ACI) codes Eurocode 7 Other British Standard-based codes including Indian codes Provides background materials for easy understanding of the topics, such as: Code provisions for reinforced concrete Pile design and construction Machine foundations and construction practices Tests for obtaining the design parameters Features subjects not covered in other foundation design texts: Soil-structure interaction approaches using analytical, numerical, and finite element methods Analysis and design of circular and annular foundations Analysis and design of piles and groups subjected to general loads and movements Contains worked out examples to illustrate the analysis and design Provides several problems for practice at the end of each

Introductory technical guidance for civil, mechanical and structural engineers and construction managers interested in design of equipment foundations to resist vibration and seismic loading. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM, DAMPED, FORCED SYSTEMS 3. FOUNDATIONS ON ELASTIC SOILS 4. WAVE TRANSMISSION, ATTENUATION, AND ISOLATION 5. EVALUATION OF S-WAVE VELOCITY IN SOILS 6. SETTLEMENT AND LIQUEFACTION.

Foundation Design: Principles and Practices is primarily intended to be a textbook for undergraduate and graduate-level foundation engineering courses. It also can serve as a reference book for practicing engineers. As the title implies, it is heavily design-oriented, and discusses methods of applying engineering theories, principles, and research to practical design problems.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the design of foundations for tall buildings. After a general review of the characteristics of tall buildings, various foundation options are discussed followed by the general principles of foundation design as applied to tall buildings. Considerable attention is paid to the methods of assessment of the geotechnical design parameters, as this is a critical component of the design process. A detailed treatment is then given to foundation design for various conditions, including ultimate stability, serviceability, ground movements, dynamic loadings and seismic loadings. Basement wall design is also addressed. The last part of the book deals with pile load testing and foundation performance measurement, and finally, the description of a number of case histories. A feature of the book is the emphasis it places on the various stages of foundation design: preliminary, detailed and final, and the presentation of a number of relevant methods of design associated with each stage.

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Examines the building of a foundation from the inception of the idea to the finished structure by looking at the engineering problems and questions of safety and suitability.