Foundation Design and Practice. an Economic View / J. H. Thornley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornley, J. H., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1959]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the building of a foundation from the inception of the idea to the finished structure by looking at the engineering problems and questions of safety and suitability.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Figures, Tables

Introduction

Part One. The Preliminaries

1. A Quick Survey

2. Choosing the Site

3. Investigating the Chosen Site

4. Core Borings

5. The Demands of the Superstructure

6. Breakdown of Design and Specification Cost Factors

Part II. Foundation Types

7. The Elimination Table

8. Spread Footings, Alone and in Combinations

9. Wood Piles, Untreated and Treated

10. Cast-In-Place Uncased Concrete Piles; MacArthur, Simplex, and Other Types

11. Cast-In-Place Uncased Concrete Piles: Western Foundation Corporation Types

12. Light-Shelled Cast-In-Place Concrete Piles

13. Composite Piles

14. Precast Concrete Piles

15. Medium-Wall Steel Pipe Piles

16. Structural Steel Piles

17. Open-End Pipe Piles to Rock

18. Caissons

19. Drop-Shaft or Free-Air Method of Forming Caissons

20. Drilled-In Caissons

21. Grouping in General

22. Selecting the Bid Group

Part Three. Laboratory and Field Testing

23. Field Testing: Soil-Load Tests

24. A Method of Pile-Load Testing

25. What a Designing Engineer Should Know About Tools, Plant, and Dynamic Driving Formulas

26. Methods of Installation Other Than Driving

27. Specifications

28. Foundation Design Based on Performance or Functional Criteria

29. Load by Test: Purpose and Uses

30. Choice of Working Load Per Pile

Part Four. Specifications and Contracts

31. After the Bid Group

32. Legal Requirements

33. The General Clauses of a Specification

34. Contract Forms Other than Specifications

35. Writing a Group Specification

Part Five. Building Codes

36. Using The New Building Codes to Reduce Cost

37. Explanation and Discussion of Certain Descriptive Terms

Part Six. Basic Design

38. A Five-Force Approach

39. Dock Faces, Railway Trestles, Buildings, And Retaining Walls

40. Bridge Piers

41. Graphic Method Of Selection Of Foundation Types

42. Basis Of Load-Carrying Capacity Of Foundations

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231882514

0231882513

OCLC:

1100456586