1 Introduction
1.1 Foundations:Their Importance and Purpose
1.2 Foundation Engineering
1.3 Foundation:Classifications and Select Definitions
1.4 Foundation :General Requirements
1.5 Foundation:Additional Considerations
1.6 Foundations:Selection of Type
1.7 The International System of Units(SI)and the Foot-Pound-Second (Fps)System
1.8 Computational Accuracy Versus Design Precision
1.9 Computer Programs in Foundation Analysis and Design
2 Bearing Capacity of Foundations
2.1 Inatroduction
2.2 Bearing Capacity for Footings On Layered Soils
2.3 Bearing Capacity of Footings on Slopes
2.4 Bearing Cpacity from Field Load Tests
2.5 Safety Factors in Foundation Design
2.6 Bearing Capacity of Rock
Problems
3 Improving Site Soils for Foundation Use
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Lightweight and Structural Fills
3.3 Compaction
3.4 Soil-Cement, Lime, and Fly Ash
3.5 Precompression to Improve Site SOils
3.6 Drainge Using Blankets and Drains
3.7 Sand Columns to Increase Soil Stiffness
3.8 Stone Columns
3.9 Soil-Cement Piles/Columns
3.10 Jet Grouting
3.11 Foundation Grouting and Chemical Stabilization
3.12 Vibratory Methods toInccrease Soil Density
3.13 Use of Geotextiles to Improve Soil
3.14 Altering Groundwater Conditions
Problems
4 Factors to Consideer in Foundation Design
4.1 Footing Depth and Spacing
4.2 Displaced Soil Effects
4.3 Net Versus Gross Soil Pressure :Dseign Soil Pressures
4.4 Erosion Problems for Structures Adjacent to Flowing Water
4.5 Corrosion Protection
4.6 Water Table Fluctuation
4.7 Foundations in Sand and Silt Deposits
4.8 Foundations on Loess and Other Collapsible Soils
4.9 Foundations on Unsaturated Soils Subject to Volume Change with Channge in Water content
4.10 Foundations on Clays and Clayey Silts
4.11 Foundations on Residual Soils
4.12 Foundations on Sanitary Landfill Sites
4.13 Frost Depth and Foundations onPermafrost
4.14 Environmental Considerations
Problems
5 Spread Footing Design
5.1 Footings:Classification and Purpose
5.2 Allowable Soil Pressures in Spread Footing Design
5.3 Assumptions Used in Footing Design
5.4 Rectangular Footings
5.5 Eccentrically Loaded Spread Footings
5.6 Unsymmetrical Footings
5.7 Wall Footings and Footings for Residential Construction
Problems
6 Special Footings and Beams on Elastisc Foundations
7 Mat Foundatiions
8 Mechanically Stabilized Earth and Concrete Retaining Walls
9 Sheet-Pile Walls:Cantilevered and Anchored
10 Single Piles-Static Capacity and Lateral Loades;Pile/Pole Bucking
11 Pile Foundations:Groups
Appendix A
References