A fast guide to solving common design problems in building foundations, now in a new edition. Includes new material on settlements, soil modification, pole foundations, braced excavations, waterfront foundations, and slope stabilization. Written for those without full training as structural or design engineers, covering all the basics, including soil mechanics, design of common foundation elements, and the relations between building and foundation design, all supported by extensive illustrations. Mathematics is kept to a minimum, being generally restricted to simple algebra, plane geometry, and plane trigonometry.
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A fast guide to solving common design problems in building foundations, now in a new edition. Includes new material on settlements, soil modification, pole foundations, braced excavations, waterfront foundations, and slope stabilization. Written for those without full training as structural or design engineers, covering all the basics, including soil mechanics, design of common foundation elements, and the relations between building and foundation design, all supported by extensive illustrations. Mathematics is kept to a minimum, being generally restricted to simple algebra, plane geometry, and plane trigonometry.
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This chapter presents discussions of the general problems and procedures in the design of foundations for buildings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
simple rectangular footing, shallow bearing foundations, usable soil pressure, footing plan area, maximum allowable soil pressure, footing centroid, kern limit, daylight dimension, deep foundation elements, design soil pressure, maximum soil pressure, vertical soil pressure, total soil pressure, peripheral shear, cantilever footing, textural system, footing thickness, working stress method, passive soil pressure, horizontal soil pressure, pedestal width, lower soil strata, active soil pressure, load centroid, unreinforced footing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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This chapter presents discussions of the general problems and procedures in the design of foundations for buildings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
simple rectangular footing, shallow bearing foundations, usable soil pressure, footing plan area, maximum allowable soil pressure, footing centroid, kern limit, daylight dimension, deep foundation elements, design soil pressure, maximum soil pressure, vertical soil pressure, total soil pressure, peripheral shear, cantilever footing, textural system, footing thickness, working stress method, passive soil pressure, horizontal soil pressure, pedestal width, lower soil strata, active soil pressure, load centroid, unreinforced footing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Simplified Design of Reinforced Concrete (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) by Harry Parker on page 13, and Back Matter
- Foundation Analysis and Design by Joseph E. Bowles in Back Matter
- Design for Lateral Forces by James Ambrose in Back Matter
- Structural Analysis: Using Classical and Matrix Methods by James K. Nelson Jr. in Back Matter
- Design of Reinforced Concrete by Jack C. McCormac in Back Matter
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- Simplified Design of Building Lighting (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) by Marc Schiler in Front Matter
- Simplified Building Design for Wind and Earthquake Forces (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) by James Ambrose in Front Matter
- Simplified Design of Building Lighting (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) by Marc Schiler in Front Matter
- Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders, 9th Edition by James Ambrose in Front Matter
- Simplified Design of Building Structures (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) by James Ambrose in Front Matter
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