Pile design and construction rules of thumb / Ruwan Rajapakse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rajapakse, Ruwan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piling (Civil engineering).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 355 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2016]

Summary:

Pile Design and Construction Rules of Thumb presents Geotechnical and Civil Engineers a comprehensive coverage of Pile Foundation related theory and practice. Based on the author's experience as a PE, the book brings concise theory and extensive calculations, examples and case studies that can be easily applied by professional in their day-to-day challenges.In its first part, the book covers the fundamentals of Pile Selection: Soil investigation, condition, pile types and how to choose them. In the second part it addresses the Design of Pile Foundations, including different types of soils, pile groups, pile settlement and pile design in rock. Next, the most extensive part covers Design Strategies and contains chapters on loading analysis, load distribution, negative skin friction, design for expansive soils, wave equation analysis, batter piles, seismic analysis and the use of softwares for design aid. The fourth part covers Construction Methods including hammers, Inspection, cost estimation, load tests, offshore piling, beams and caps.In this new and updated edition the author has incorporated new pile designs such as helical, composite, wind turbine monopiles, and spiral coil energy piles. All calculations have been updated to most current materials characteristics and designs available in the market. Also, new chapters on negative skin friction, pile driving, and pile load testing have been added.Practicing Geotechnical, and Civil Engineers will find in this book an excellent handbook for frequent consult, benefiting from the clear and direct calculations, examples, and cases. Civil Engineering preparing for PE exams may benefit from the extensive coverage of the subject.- Convenient for day-to-day consults- Numerous design examples for sandy soils, clay soils, and seismic loadings- Now including helical, composite, wind turbine monopiles, and spiral coil energy piles- Methodologies and case studies for different pile types- Serves as PE exam preparation material

Contents:

Cove

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

1 - Site investigation and soil conditions

1.1 - Origin of rocks and soils

1.1.1 - Earth cools down

1.1.2 - Rock weathering

1.1.3 - Brief overview of rocks

1.1.3.1 - Igneous rocks

1.1.3.1.1 - Extrusive igneous rocks

1.1.3.1.2 - Intrusive igneous rocks

1.1.3.2 - Sedimentary rocks

1.1.3.3 - Metamorphic rocks

1.1.3.3.1 - Formation of metamorphic rocks

1.2 - Soil strata types

1.2.1 - Water

1.2.1.1 - Alluvial deposits (river beds)

1.2.1.2 - Marine deposits

1.2.1.3 - Lacustrine deposits (lake beds)

1.2.2 - Wind deposits (eolian deposits)

1.2.3 - Glacial deposits

1.2.4 - Colluvial deposits

1.2.5 - Residual soil (weathered in situ soil)

1.3 - Site investigation

1.3.1 - Cohesion

1.3.2 - Friction

1.3.3 - Measurement of friction

1.3.4 - Measurement of cohesion

1.4 - Origin of a project

1.4.1 - Geotechnical investigation procedures

1.4.2 - Literature survey

1.4.2.1 - Adjacent property owners

1.4.2.2 - Aerial surveys

1.4.3 - Field visit

1.4.3.1 - Hand augering

1.4.3.2 - Sloping ground

1.4.3.3 - Nearby structures

1.4.3.4 - Contaminated soils

1.4.3.5 - Underground utilities

1.4.3.6 - Overhead power lines

1.4.3.7 - Man-made fill areas

1.4.3.8 - Field visit checklist

1.5 - Pile foundations versus shallow foundations

1.5.1 - Soil modification

1.6 - Subsurface investigation phase

1.6.1 - Soil strata identification

1.6.2 - Augering

1.6.3 - Mud rotary drilling

1.6.4 - Boring program

1.6.5 - Test pits

1.6.6 - Hand digging prior to drilling

1.7 - Geotechnical field tests

1.7.1 - SPT (N) value

1.8 - SPT (N) and friction angle

1.9 - Field tests

1.9.1 - Pocket penetrometer

1.9.2 - Vane shear test.

1.9.3 - Cone penetration testing

1.9.4 - Friction ratio

1.10 - Pressure meter testing

1.10.1 - The equal pressure increment method

1.10.2 - The equal volume increment method

1.10.3 - SPT-CPT correlations

1.10.4 - Standard CPT device

1.10.5 - Standard SPT device

1.10.6 - Dilatometer testing

References

2 - Geophysical methods

2.1 - Ground-penetrating radar methods

2.1.1 - General methodology

2.1.2 - Single borehole GPR

2.1.3 - Procedure

2.1.4 - Cross-hole GPR

2.2 - Seismic method

2.2.1 - Reflected seismic waves versus refracted seismic waves

2.2.2 - Seismic P- and S-waves

2.2.2.1 - S-Waves

2.2.2.2 - Surface waves

2.2.3 - Down-hole seismic testing

2.2.4 - Cross-hole seismic testing

3 - Groundwater

3.1 - Introduction

3.1.1 - Magmatic water

3.1.2 - Connate water

3.1.3 - Metamorphic water

3.1.4 - Juvenile water

3.2 - Vertical distribution of groundwater

3.2.1 - Soil-water zone

3.2.2 - Intermediate vadose zone

3.2.3 - Capillary zone

3.3 - Aquifers, aquicludes, aquifuges, and aquitards

3.3.1 - Aquifer

3.3.2 - Aquiclude

3.3.3 - Aquitard

3.3.4 - Aquifuges

3.3.5 - Piezometric surface versus groundwater level

3.3.6 - Aquitard under pressure

3.3.7 - Vertical upward groundwater flow

3.3.8 - Vertical groundwater flow

3.3.9 - Monitoring wells

3.3.10 - Aquifers with artesian pressure

Reference

4 - Foundation types

4.1 - Shallow foundations

4.2 - Mat foundations

4.3 - Pile foundations

4.4 - Caissons

4.5 - Foundation selection criteria

5 - Pile types

5.1 - Displacement Piles

5.2 - Nondisplacement piles

5.3 - Timber piles

5.3.1 - Timber pile decay: biological agents

5.3.1.1 - Fungi

5.3.1.1.1 - Identification of fungi attack

5.3.1.2 - Marine borers

5.3.1.3 - Preservation of timber piles.

5.3.2 - Shotcrete encasement of timber piles

5.3.3 - Timber pile installation

5.3.3.1 - Splicing of timber piles

5.4 - Steel 'H' piles

5.4.1 - Splicing of H-piles

5.4.2 - Guidelines for splicing (international building code)

5.5 - Pipe piles

5.5.1 - Closed-end pipe piles

5.5.2 - Open-end pipe piles

5.5.2.1 - Ideal situations for open-end pipe piles

5.5.2.2 - Telescoping

5.5.2.3 - Splicing of pipe piles

5.6 - Precast concrete piles

5.6.1 - Reinforced concrete piles

5.6.2 - Prestressed concrete piles

5.6.3 - Hollow-tubular section concrete piles

5.6.4 - Driven cast-in-place concrete piles

5.6.5 - Splicing of concrete piles

5.7 - Augercast piles (continuous flight auger piles)

5.7.1 - Construction methodology

5.7.2 - Casing removal type

5.7.3 - Skin friction in cased augercast pile

5.7.4 - Skin friction in partially cased augercast pile

5.8 - Frankie piles

5.9 - Delta piles

5.10 - Vibrex piles (casing removal type)

5.11 - Compressed base type

5.12 - Precast piles with grouted base

5.12.1 - Capacity of grouted base piles

5.13 - Mandrel driven piles

5.14 - Composite piles

5.14.1 - Pipe pile/timber pile composite

5.14.2 - Precast concrete piles with H-section

5.14.3 - Uncased concrete and timber piles

5.15 - Fiber-reinforced plastic piles

5.15.1 - Materials used

5.15.2 - Types of FRP piles

5.15.2.1 - Plastic pile with a steel core

5.15.2.2 - Reinforced plastic piles

5.15.2.3 - Fiberglass pipe piles

5.15.2.4 - Plastic lumber

5.15.3 - Use of wave equation for plastic piles

6 - Selection of piles

6.1 - H-sections

6.2 - Concrete piles

6.3 - Augercast piles

6.4 - Open- and closed-end pipe piles

6.5 - Concrete piles

6.6 - Augercast piles

6.7 - H-piles

7 - Static and dynamic analysis.

7.1 - Pile design in sandy soils (static analysis)

7.1.1 - Description of terms

7.1.1.1 - Effective stress (σ9)

7.1.1.2 - Nq (bearing capacity factor)

7.1.1.3 - K (lateral earth pressure coefficient)

7.1.1.3.1 - K0:- in situ soil condition

7.1.1.3.2 - Ka:- active condition

7.1.1.3.3 - Kp:- passive condition

7.1.1.3.4 - K: soil near piles

7.1.1.4 - tand (wall friction angle)

7.1.1.5 - Ap (perimeter surface area of the pile)

7.2 - Equations for end bearing capacity in sandy soils

7.2.1 - API method (American Petroleum Institute, 1984)

7.2.2 - Martin et al. (1987)

7.2.3 - NAVFAC DM 7.2 (1984)

7.2.4 - Bearing capacity factor (Nq)

7.3 - Equations for skin friction in sandy soils

7.3.1 - Driven piles

7.3.1.1 - McClelland (1974)

7.3.1.2 - Meyerhoff (1976) (driven piles)

7.3.1.3 - Meyerhoff (1976) (bored piles)

7.3.1.4 - Kraft and Lyons (1974)

7.3.1.5 - NAVFAC DM 7.2 (1984)

7.3.2 - Pile skin friction angle (d)

7.3.3 - Lateral earth pressure coefficient (K)

7.3.4 - Average K method

7.4 - Design examples

7.5 - Parameters that affect end bearing capacity

7.6 - Critical depth for end bearing capacity (sandy soils)

7.7 - Critical depth for skin friction (sandy soils)

7.7.1 - Experimental evidence for critical depth

7.7.2 - Reasons for limiting skin friction

8 - Design of driven piles

8.1 - Pile design in sandy soils (dynamic analysis)

8.1.1 - Engineering news formula

8.1.2 - Design example

8.1.3 - Danish formula

8.2 - Water jetting

8.3 - Driving stresses

8.3.1 - Example

8.3.2 - Maximum allowable driving stresses

8.4 - Pile design in clayey soils

8.4.1 - Skin friction and end-bearing resistance

8.4.2 - End bearing versus skin friction (typical example)

8.4.3 - Case study: foundation design options.

8.4.3.1 - General soil conditions

8.4.3.2 - Foundation option 1

8.4.3.3 - Foundation option 2

8.4.3.4 - Foundation option 3

8.4.3.5 - Foundation option 4

8.4.3.6 - Foundation option 5

8.4.3.7 - Foundation option 6

8.5 - Structural design of piles

8.5.1 - Timber pile design

8.5.1.1 - Quality of timber piles

8.5.1.2 - Knots

8.5.1.3 - Holes

8.5.1.4 - Preservatives

8.5.2 - Piles in marine environments

8.5.3 - Allowable stresses in timber

8.5.4 - Straightness criteria

8.5.5 - Allowable working stress for round timber piles

8.5.6 - Timber pile case study: Parakkum building, Colombo, Sri Lanka

8.5.6.1 - Static analysis

8.5.7 - Case study: bridge pile design (timber piles)

8.5.8 - Bridge pile design

8.5.8.1 - Soil parameters

8.5.8.2 - Earthquake

8.6 - Recommended guidelines for pile design

8.6.1 - Steel piles

8.6.2 - Minimum dimensions for steel pipe piles

8.6.3 - Concrete piles

8.6.3.1 - Reinforced precast concrete piles

8.6.3.2 - Prestressed concrete piles

8.6.3.3 - Concrete filled shell piles

8.6.3.4 - Augered pressure-grouted concrete piles

8.6.3.5 - Maximum driving stress

8.7 - Uplift forces

8.7.1 - Uplift due to high groundwater

8.7.2 - Uplift forces due to wind

8.8 - Pile design in expansive soil

8.8.1 - Identification of expansive soils

8.8.2 - Pile design options

8.8.3 - Pile caps

8.9 - Open-ended pipe pile design: semiempirical approach

8.9.1 - Plug ratio

8.9.2 - Incremental filling ratio

8.9.2.1 - Measurement of IFR

8.9.3 - Correlation between PLR and IFR

8.9.4 - End-bearing capacity of open-ended piles in sandy soils

8.9.5 - Skin friction of open-ended pipe piles in sandy soils

8.9.5.1 - Prediction of plugging

8.10 - Case study 1: friction piles

8.10.1 - Project description.

8.10.2 - Soil condition at the site.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version of record.

ISBN:

9780128042342

0128042346