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Foundation Engineering Handbook 2/E
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Day, Robert
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Foundation Engineering Handbook 2/E
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: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010.
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Foundation Engineering Handbook 2/E
Authors:
Robert Day
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August 2010
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Book Description
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1. Definitions
1.2. Project Requirements
1.3. Preliminary Information and Planning the Work
1.4. Engineering Geologist
1.5. Outline of Chapters
Part 1 Geotechnical Engineering
Chapter 2. Subsurface Exploration
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Document Review
2.3. Purpose of Subsurface Exploration
2.4. Borings
2.5. Test Pits and Trenches
2.6. Preparation of Logs
2.7. Geophysical Techniques
2.8. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
2.9. Subsoil Profile
Notation
Problems
Chapter 3. Laboratory Testing
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Index Tests
3.3. Oedometer Test
3.4. Shear Strength of Cohesionless Soil
3.5. Shear Strength of Cohesive Soil
3.6. Laboratory Compaction Tests
3.7. Permeability Tests
Notation
Problems
Chapter 4. Soil Mechanics
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Soil Classification
4.3. Phase Relationships
4.4. Effective Stress
4.5. Stress Distribution
4.6. Total Stress and Effective Stress Analyses
4.7. Permeability and Seepage
Notation
Problems
Part 2 Foundation Design
Chapter 5. Shallow and Deep Foundations
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Selection of Foundation Type
5.3. Shallow Foundations
5.4. Deep Foundations
Problems
Chapter 6. Bearing Capacity of Foundations
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations
6.3. Bearing Capacity for Deep Foundations
6.4. Lateral Load Capacity of Deep Foundations
6.5. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Notation
Problems
Chapter 7. Settlement of Foundations
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Collapsible Soil
7.3. Settlement of Cohesionless Soil
7.4. Other Common Causes of Settlement
7.5. Foundations on Rock
7.6. Allowable Settlement
Notation
Problems
Chapter 8. Consolidation
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Laboratory Consolidation Test
8.3. Immediate Settlement
8.4. Primary Consolidation
8.5. Rate of Primary Consolidation
8.6. Secondary Compression
8.7. Consolidation of Soil beneath Shallow Foundations
8.8. Consolidation of Soil beneath Deep Foundations
8.9. Settlement of Unsaturated Cohesive Soil
Notation
Problems
Chapter 9. Foundations on Expansive Soil
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Expansion Potential
9.3. Basic Expansive Soil Principles
9.4. Methods Used to Predict Foundation Movement
9.5. Foundation Design for Expansive Soil
9.6. Flatwork
9.7. Expansive Rock
Notations
Problems
Chapter 10. Slope Stability
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Rockfall
10.3. Surficial Slope Stability
10.4. Gross Slope Stability
10.5. Landslides
10.6. Debris Flow
10.7. Slope Softening and Creep
Notations
Problems
Chapter 11. Retaining Walls
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Simple Retaining Wall without Wall Friction
11.3. Simple Retaining Wall with Wall Friction
11.4. Design and Construction of Retaining Walls
11.5. Restrained Retaining Walls
11.6. Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls
11.7. Sheet Pile Walls
11.8. Temporary Retaining Walls
11.9. Moisture Migration through Basement Walls
Notation
Problems
Chapter 12. Foundation Deterioration and Cracking
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Timber Decay
12.3. Sulfate Attack of Concrete
12.4. Frost
12.5. Historic Structures
12.6. Shrinkage Cracking
12.7. Moisture Migration through Slab-on-Grade Foundations
Chapter 13. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Soils
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Basic Earthquake Principles
13.3. Peak Ground Acceleration
13.4. Liquefaction
13.5. Slope Stability
Notation
Problems
Chapter 14. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Foundations and Retaining Walls
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Earthquake Structural Damage
14.3. Foundation Settlement
14.4. Retaining Walls
14.5. Foundation Alternatives to Mitigate Earthquake Effects
Notation
Problems
Part 3 Foundation Construction
Chapter 15. Grading and Other Soil Improvement Methods
15.1. Grading
15.2. Compaction
15.3. Soil Improvement Methods
Notation
Problems
Chapter 16. Foundation Excavation, Underpinning, and Field Load Tests
16.1. Introduction
16.2. Foundation Excavation and Construction
16.3. Field Load Tests
16.4. Foundation Underpinning
16.5. Observational Method
Chapter 17. Geosynthetics and Instrumentation
17.1. Introduction
17.2. Geosynthetics
17.3. Instrumentation
Part 4 2009 International Building Code
Chapter 18. International Building Code Regulations for Soils
18.1. Introduction
18.2. Soils Investigation
18.3. Excavation, Grading, and Fill
18.4. Presumptive Load-Bearing Values of Soils
18.5. Expansive Soil
Chapter 19. International Building Code Regulations for Foundations
19.1. Introduction
19.2. General Regulations for Footings and Foundations
19.3. Foundations Adjacent Slopes
19.4. Retaining Walls
19.5. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Appendix A. Glossary
A.1. Subsurface Exploration Terminology
A.2. Laboratory Testing Terminology
A.3. Terminology for Engineering Analysis and Computations
A.4. Compaction, Grading, and Construction Terminolgy
A.5. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Terminolgy
Bibliography
Appendix B. Example of a Foundation Engineering Report
B.1. Introduction
B.2. Site Observations
B.3. Geology
B.4. Site Investigation
B.5. Conclusions
B.6. Foundation Recommendations
B.7. Other Considerations
B.8. Closure
Appendix C. Solutions to Problems
Appendix D. Conversion Factors
Appendix E. Bibliography
Index
