PILE FOUNDATION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN BY H.G.POULOS AND E.H.DAVIS

1. General principles. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Structural approach. 1.3 Basic theory required . 1.4 Examples of theoretical pile calculations. 2. Effects of installation of piles. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Effects of pile driving in clays. 2.3 Effects of pile driving in sands. 2.4 Effects of installing. 3. Ultimate load capacity of piles. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Ultimate load capacity of single piles. 3.3 Pile groups. 3.4 Piles to rock. 3.5 Use of in-situ tests. 3.6 Special types of piles. 3.7 Uplift resistance. 3.8 Load capacity of bent piles. 4. Load capacity by dynamic methods. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Pile driving formulas. 4.3 Pile driving analysis by wave equation. 4.4 Typical solutions from wave equation analysis. 4.5 Reliability of wave equation. 4.6 Pile impedance. 5. Settlement analysis of single piles. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Theoretical methods of analysis. 5.3 Theoretical solutions for settlement and load distribution. 5.4 Simplified methods for constructing load-settlement curve to failure. 5.5 Determination of soil parameters. 5.6 Some comparisons between observed and predicted pile settlements. 6. Settlements of pile groups. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Analysis of group settlement. 6.3 Theoretical solutions for freestanding groups. 6.4 Settlement of groups caused by compressible underlying strata. 6.5 Preparations and use of design charts. 6.6 Surfaces settlements around a group. 6.7 Observed and theoretical group behavior. 7. Ultimate lateral resistance of piles. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Single piles. 7.3 Pile groups. 7.4 Use of piles to increase slope stability. 7.5 Methods for increasing the lateral resistance of piles. 8. Load-deflections predictions for laterally loaded piles. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Subgrade-reaction analysis. 8.3 Elastic analysis for single piles. 8.4 Analysis of pile groups. 8.5 Determination of soil modulus. 8.6 Comparisons between theoretical and observed load-deflection behavior. 9. General analysis of pile groups. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Simple statical analysis. 9.3 Equivalent bent methods. 9.4 Elastic analysis of pile behavior. 9.5 Comparisons of methods of pile group analysis. 10. Pile raft systems. 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Analysis for load settlement curve to failure. 10.5 Other analytical approaches. 11. Negative friction on end bearing piles. 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Field studies on instrumented pile. 11.3 Analysis of downdrag forces. 11.4 Theoretical solutions for single pile. 11.5 Pile groups. 11.6 Comparisons between measured and predicted pile behavior. 12. Piles in swelling and shrinking soils. 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 Existing methods of analysis. 12.3 Analysis based on elastic theory. 12.4 Typical solutions for pile movement and load. 12.5 Design curves. 12.6 Applications of theoretical analysis to practical problems. 12.7 Observation of pile behavior and comparisons with theory. 13. Piles in soil undergoing lateral movement. 13.1 Introduction. 13.2 Analysis. 13.3 Typical results. 13.4 Applications of analysis to practical problems. 13.5 Comparisons with field measurement. 14. Buckling of slender piles. 14.1 Introduction. 14.2 Fully embedded piles. 14.3 Partially embedded piles. 14.4 Effect of practical complications. 14.5 Analysis using elastic theory. 15. Dynamic loads on piles. 15.1 Introduction. 15.2 Estimation of dynamics. Loads. 15.3 Pile response to axial loads. 15.4 Pile response to lateral loading. 15.5 Pile response to earthquake forces. 16. Pile load test. 16.1 Introduction. 16.2 Maintained loading test. 16.3 Constant rate of penetration test. 16.4 Methods of equilibrium. 16.5 Sources of errors in settlement measurement in pile load test. 16.6 Lateral load test. 16.7 Torsional testing.

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