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Structural Foundation Designers' Manual.
This manual for civil and structural engineers aims to simplify as much as possible a complex subject which is often treated too theoretically, by explaining in a practical way how to provide uncomplicated, buildable and economical foundations. It explains simply, clearly and with numerous worked ex...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Preface to First Edition; The Book's Structure and What It Is About; Acknowledgements; Authors' Biographies; Notation; PART 1:APPROACH AND FIRST CONSIDERATIONS; 1 Principles of Foundation Design; 2 Soil Mechanics, Lab Testing and Geology; 3 Ground Investigation; PART 2:SPECIAL AND FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS; 4 Topography and its Influence on Site Development; 5 Contaminated and Derelict Sites; 6 Mining and Other Subsidence; 7 Fill; 8 Ground Improvement Methods; PART 3: FOUNDATION TYPES: SELECTION AND DESIGN; 9 Foundation Types; 10 Foundation Selection and Design Procedures.
- 11 Design of Pads, Strips and Continuous Foundations12 Tied and Balanced Foundations; 13 Raft Foundations; 14 Piles; 15 Retaining Walls, Basement Walls, Slip Circles and Underpinning; Appendices; Introduction to appendices; Appendix A: Properties and Presumed Bearing Pressures of Some Well Known Engineering Soils and Rocks; Appendix B: Map Showing Areas of Shrinkable Clays In Britain; Appendix C: Map Showing Areas of Coal and S.