INDICE: Preface. Acknowledgments. 1 Introduction. 1.1 Foundations, Soils and Superstructures. 1.2 Classification of Foundations. 1.3 Selection of Type ofFoundation. 1.4 General Guidelines for Design. 1.5 Modeling, Parameters, Analysis and Design Criteria. 1.6 Soil Maps. 2 Engineering Properties of Soil. 2.1Introduction. 2.2 Basic Soil Relations. 2.3 Soil Classification. 2.4 Permeability. 2.5 Over Consolidation Ratio. 2.6 Relative Density. 2.7 Terzaghi's Effective Stress Principle. 2.8 Compaction of Soils. 2.9 Consolidation and Compressibility. 2.10 Shear Strength of Soils. 2.11 Soil Exploration and Sampling. 2.12 Site Investigation Boring, Sampling and Testing. 2.13 Split Spoon Sampler and Standard Penetration Test. 2.14 Cone Penetration Test. 2.15 Field Vane ShearTest. 2.16 Other In Situ Tests. 2.17 Summary. 2.18 Examples. 3 Bearing Capacity, Settlement, Stresses and Lateral Pressures in Soils. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations. 3.3 Bearing Capacity of Deep Foundations. 3.4 Correlation of UBC and ASP with SPT Values and CPT Values. 3.5 UBC and Probable Settlements Using Field Plate Load Test. 3.6 Elastic Stress and Displacement Distribution in Soils. 3.7 Settlement Analysis. 3.8 Lateral Earth Pressure. 3.9 Coefficient of Earth Pressure at Rest. 3.10 Other Theories of Lateral Pressure. 3.11 Examples. 4 Rational Design of Shallow Foundations. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Shallow Foundations. 4.3 Conventional Design and Rational Design. 4.4 Procedures for the Design of Footings. 4.5 Conventional Structural Design of Footings. 4.6 Foundations in Difficult Soil Formations. 4.7 Modeling Soil Structure Interactions for Rational Design of Foundations. 4.8 Evaluation of Spring Constant in Winkler's Soil Model. 44.9 SoilStructure Interaction Equations. 4.10 Summary. 5 Analysis of Footings on Elastic Foundations. 5.1 Introduction 165 5.2 Literature Review. 5.3 Analysis of BEF. 5.4 Infinite Beams on Elastic Foundations. 5.5 Finite Beams on Elastic Foundations. 5.6 Plates on Elastic Foundations. 5.7 Summary. 6 Numerical and Finite Difference Methods. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Trial Solutions with Undetermined Parameters. 6.3 Finite Difference Method. 6.4 FDM Applications to General BEF Problems. 6.5 Boundary Conditions. 6.6 Calculation of Bending Moments. 6.7 Shear Forces. 6.8 Vertical Reactions. 6.9 Simplification for Prismatic Beams. 6.10 FDM for Rectangular Plates on Elastic Foundations. 6.11 FDM for Circular and Annular Plates on Elastic Foundations. 6.12 BEF Software Package. 6.13 Summary. 7 Finite Element Method. 7.1 General Philosophy. 7.2 Finite Element Procedure. 7.3 Formulation of Finite Element Characteristics (Stiffness Analysis). 7.4 Beam Elements. 7.5 Plate Elements for Bending Theory. 7.6 Summary. 7.7 Examples. 8 Parametersand Criteria for Foundation Design. 8
- ISBN: 978-0-470-82534-1
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