Soils and Foundations for Architects and Engineers

✍ Scribed by Chester I. Duncan Jr. FASCE (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 426
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Soils and Foundations for Architects and Engineers, Second Edition is a practical guide to the technology of soil mechanics and foundations, and the application of that technology to the design and construction process. This text provides an up-to-date overview of the classification of soils, the design of foundations, and the behavior of soils under load. Particular emphasis has been given to the subject of piles, piers, and caissons, and to the design and details of construction of basement and retaining walls.
New to this edition:

• Expanded coverage of shear strength of soils, settlement analysis, and expansive soil.
• Design requirements for prestressed tiebacks, tiedowns, and rock anchors.
• Expansion of information on pile driving techniques including the use of the Engineering News Formula.
• A table of British-metric conversions.
• Many new solved problems and illustrations.

In addition to the numerous new improvements, the author also includes: effects of high water tables on architectural and engineering considerations, design of shear keys used in the transfer of lateral earth pressure from a wall to the supporting element, various drainage alternatives to the structural treatment of adjacent footings, and much more.
Soils and Foundations for Architects and Engineers, Second Edition can be used in advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses offered in architectural engineering and civil engineering, as well as be used as a reference book by practicing architects, insurance adjusters and attorneys who litigate or adjudicate claims involving soils and foundations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Classification of Soils....Pages 1-27
Physical Properties of Soils....Pages 28-45
Subsurface Soil Exploration....Pages 46-72
Shear Strength of Soils....Pages 73-86
Allowable Soil Bearing Pressure....Pages 87-105
Settlement Analysis....Pages 106-128
Spread Footings....Pages 129-149
Piles, Piers, and Caissons....Pages 150-208
Lateral Earth Pressure....Pages 209-224
Walls—Construction Details....Pages 225-260
Walls— Design Considerations....Pages 261-298
Soil Compaction....Pages 299-322
Expansive Clay....Pages 323-345
Characteristics of Rock....Pages 346-355
Back Matter....Pages 356-408

✦ Subjects

Civil Engineering; Architecture, general