Using a design-oriented approach that addresses geotechnical, structural, and construction aspects of foundation engineering, this book explores practical methods of designing structural foundations, while emphasizing and explaining how and why foundations behave the way they do. It explains the theories and experimental data behind the design procedures, and how to apply this information to real-world problems.Covers general principles (performance requirements, soil mechanics, site exploration and characterization); shallow foundations (bearing capacity, settlement, spread footings -- geotechnical design, spread footings -- structural design, mats); deep foundations (axial load capacity -- full-scale load tests, static methods, dynamic methods; lateral load capacity; structural design); special topics (foundations on weak and compressible soils, foundation on expansive soils, foundations on collapsible soils); and earth retaining structures (lateral earth pressures, cantilever retaining walls, sheet pile walls, soldier pile walls, internally stabilized earth retaining structures).For geotechnical engineers, soils engineers, structural engineers, and foundation engineers.
Unlike other undergraduate texts on this subject, this book explores both the principles of soil mechanics and their application to engineering practice emphasizing and explaining how and why foundations behave the way they do. It explains the theories and experimental data behind the design procedures, and how to apply this information to real-world problems.* NEW - Expanded coverage of earth retaining structures - Features separate full chapters on cantilever walls and sheet pile walls. * Teaches students how to design both kinds of retaining structures. * NEW - A chapter on reliability-based design. * Discusses LRFD as it effects both the structural and geotechnical aspects of design. Includes AASHTO load and resistance factors. * NEW - Reorganized chapters on deep foundations. * Provides more systematic coverage. * NEW - Revised coverage of laterally loaded deep foundations. * Provides more emphasis on p-y analyses. * NEW - Expanded discussions of dynamic methods of deep foundation analysis. * Explains the principles and uses of these methods, and includes newer methods, such as Statnamic tests. * NEW - More emphasis on the differences between strength requirements and serviceability requirements. * Makes the subject more consistent with LRFD design methodologies. * NEW - Questions and practice problems - Interspersed throughout each chapter. * Gives students the opportunity to practice the material before going on with the rest of the chapter. * NEW - Coordinated coverage - With the text Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices. * Systematic coverage of topics with consistent notation and problem-solving methods. These items are reviewed in Chapters 3 and 4, so students who used another geotechnical engineering text can still use Foundation Design. * A multidisciplinary approach - Integrates geotechnical, structural, and construction aspects of foundation engineering. * Helps students understand the importance of all t
