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Pile design and construction rules of thumb /

A complete reference covering virtually every aspect of the subject of pile design.

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rajapakse, Ruwan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • PART 1: Introduction to Pile Selection
  • Chapter 1 Site Investigation and Soil Conditions
  • 1.1 Literature Survey
  • 1.2 Site Visit
  • 1.3 Subsurface Investigation
  • 1.4 Soil Types
  • 1.5 Design Parameters
  • 1.6 Selection of Foundation Type
  • Chapter 2 Pile Types
  • 2.1 Timber Piles
  • 2.2 Steel H-Piles
  • 2.3 Pipe Piles
  • 2.4 Precast Concrete Piles
  • 2.5 Casing Removal Type
  • 2.6 Precast Piles with Grouted Base
  • 2.7 Mandrel-Driven Piles
  • 2.8 Composite Piles
  • 2.9 Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Piles (FRP Piles)
  • Chapter 3 Selection of Pile Type
  • CASE 1
  • CASE 2
  • CASE 3
  • PART 2: Design of Pile Foundations
  • Chapter 4 Pile Design in Sandy Soils
  • 4.1 Equations for End Bearing Capacity in Sandy Soils
  • 4.2 Equations for Skin Friction in Sandy Soils
  • 4.3 Pile Design Using the Meyerhof Equation (Correlation with SPT (N)
  • 4.4 Modified Meyerhof Equation
  • 4.5 Parameters that Affect the End Bearing Capacity
  • 4.6 Critical Depth for Skin Friction (Sandy Soils)
  • 4.7 Critical Depth for End Bearing Capacity (Sandy Soils)
  • Chapter 5 Pile Design in Clay Soils
  • 5.1 Shear Strength (Clays)
  • 5.2 Cohesion in Clay Soils
  • 5.3 End Bearing Capacity in Clay Soils (Different Methods)
  • 5.4 Skin Friction in Clay Soils (Different Methods)
  • 5.5 Bored Piles in Clay Soils
  • 5.6 Case Study: Foundation Design Options
  • 5.7 Maximum Allowable Pile Loads
  • Chapter 6 Pile Design: Special Situations
  • 6.1 Timber Pile Design
  • 6.2 Case Study-Bridge Pile Design (Timber Piles)
  • 6.3 Auger Cast Pile Design (Empirical Method)
  • 6.4 Capacity of Grouted Base Piles
  • 6.5 Case Study: Comparison between Bored Piles and Driven Piles
  • 6.6 Case Study: Friction Piles
  • 6.7 Open-End Pipe Pile Design-Semi-empirical Approach
  • 6.8 Design of Pin Piles-Semi-empirical Approach
  • 6.9 Recommended Guidelines for Pile Design
  • 6.10 ASTM Standards for Pile Design
  • 6.11 Case Study: Prestressed Concrete Piles
  • 6.12 Driving Stresses
  • 6.13 Maximum Allowable Driving Stresses
  • 6.14 Uplift Forces
  • 6.15 Load Distribution-Skin Friction and End Bearing
  • Chapter 7 Design of Caissons
  • 7.1 Design of Caissons
  • 7.2 Construction Methodology of Caissons (Dry Method)
  • 7.3 Caisson Inspection in Soil
  • 7.4 Meyerhof Equation for Caissons
  • 7.5 Caisson Design for Uplift Forces
  • 7.6 Caisson Design in Sandy Soils
  • 7.7 Belled Caisson Design
  • 7.8 Settlement of Caissons
  • Chapter 8 Design of Pile Groups
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Eccentric Loading on a Pile Group
  • 8.3 Double Eccentricity
  • 8.4 Pile Groups in Clay Soils
  • Chapter 9 Pile Settlement
  • 9.1 Pile Settlement Measurement
  • 9.2 Stiffness of Single Piles
  • 9.3 Settlement of Single Piles (Semi-empirical Approach)
  • 9.4 Pile Settlement Comparison (End Bearing vs. Floating)
  • 9.5 Critical Depth for Settlement
  • 9.6.