FOUNDATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 6TH EDITION

This book forms the sixth edition of the publication, revised in accordance with recent developments in foundation design and construction techniques. Areas covered include: (a) site investigations and soil mechanics; (b) general principles of foundation design; (c) foundation design in relation to ground movements; (d) spread and deepshaft foundations; (e) buoyancy rafts and basements; (f) bridge foundations; (g) the carrying capacity of piles and pile groups; (h) design and construction of piled foundations; (i) foundation construction; (j) cofferdams; (k) geotechnical processes; (l) shoring and underpinning; (m) the protection of foundation structures against attack by soils and groundwater.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Longman Scientific and Technical

  Harlow, Essex,   England 
• Authors:
  • TOMLINSON, M J
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 536 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Cofferdams; Construction management; Design; Foundations; Groundwater; Mat foundations; Pile groups; Structural supports; Support piles; Textbooks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Underpinning
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 3442: Cofferdam; 3666: Construction method; 9011: Design (overall design); 3377: Foundation; 4383: Ground water; 3399: Pile; 3388: Pile group; 3397: Shallow foundation; 8526: Textbook; 3376: Underpinning
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00713466
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-582-22697-X
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 22 1995 12:00AM