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Pile design and construction rules of thumb / Ruwan Rajapakse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rajapakse, Ruwan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Piling (Civil engineering).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (455 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington, Mass. : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- All objects and structures transfer their load either directly or indirectly to the earth. The capacity of the earth to support such loads depends on the strength and stability of the supporting soil or rock materials. Pile foundations are the part of a structure used to carry and transfer the load of the structure to the bearing ground located at some depth below ground surface. There are many texts on pile foundations. Generally, these books are complicated and difficult to understand. Easy to use and understand, this book covers virtually every subject concerning pile design, featuring tech
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction to pile selection
- pt. 2. Design of pile foundations
- pt. 3. Design strategies
- pt. 4. Construction methods.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-27328-7
- 9786611273286
- 0-08-055916-6
- OCLC:
- 476155550
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