Gunaratne The Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second Edition

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4398-9278-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 727 Seiten

Considering how structures interact with soil, and building proper foundations, is vital to ensuring public safety and to the longevity of buildings. Understanding the strength and compressibility of subsurface soil is essential to the foundation engineer. The Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second Edition provides the fundamentals of foundation engineering needed by professional engineers and engineering students.

It presents both classical and state-of-the-art design and analysis techniques for earthen structures and examines the principles and design methods of foundation engineering needed for design of building foundations, embankments, and earth retaining structures. It covers basic soil mechanics, and soil and groundwater modeling concepts, along with the latest research results.

What’s New in the Second Edition:

- Adds alternative analytical techniques to nearly every chapter

- Supplements existing material with new content

- Includes additional applications in the state of the art such as unsaturated soil mechanics, analysis of transient flow through soils, deep foundation construction monitoring based on thermal integrity profiling, and updated ground remediation techniques

- Covers reliability-based design and LRFD (load resistance factor design) concepts not addressed in most foundation engineering texts

- Provides more than 500 illustrations and over 1,300 equations

The text serves as an ideal resource for practicing foundation and geotechnical engineers, as well as a supplemental textbook for both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Zielgruppe

Practicing Civil Engineers (foundation/geotechnical engineering).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gunaratne, Manjriker

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geotechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Erd-, Tief- und Straßenbau
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Boden- und Felsmechanik, Geotechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Review of Soil Mechanics Concepts and Analytical Techniques Used in Foundation Engineering

Manjriker Gunaratne

In Situ Soil Testing

Austin Gray Mullins

Spread Footings: Analysis and Design

Manjriker Gunaratne

Geotechnical Design of Combined Spread Footings

Manjriker Gunaratne

Structural Design of Foundations

Panchy Arumugasaamy

Design of Driven Piles and Pile Groups

Manjriker Gunaratne

Design of Drilled Shafts

Austin Gray Mullins

Design of Laterally Loaded Piles

Manjriker Gunaratne

Construction Monitoring and Testing Methods of Driven Piles

Manjriker Gunaratne and Austin Gray Mullins

Retaining Walls: Analysis and Design

Alaa Ashmawy

Stability Analysis and Design of Slopes

Manjriker Gunaratne

Methods of Soft Ground Improvement

James D. Hussin

Impact of Groundwater on the Design of Earthen Structures

Manjriker Gunaratne

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Manjriker Gunaratne, PhD, is professor and chairman of civil and environmental engineering at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He earned a BS in engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and the MASC and PhD degrees in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He has authored/coauthored over 40 research papers that have been published in a number of peer-reviewed international journals. In addition, he has made a number of presentations at various national and international forums in geotechnical and highway engineering.