THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ENGINEERING FOUNDATIONS

1. Site investigation and preliminary considerations/ F.D.C. Henry. 1.1 Geological considerations. 1.2 Site investigations. 1.3 Potentially corrosive environments for foundation materials. 1.4 Special problems relating to particular site conditions. 1.5 Selection of foundation types. 1.6 Philosophical observation on foundation engineering. 2. Deformation and groundwater problems in foundation engineering/ F.D.C.Henry. 2.1 Deformation characteristic of soil and rocks. 2.2 Stresses in soils. 2.3 Distribution of bearing stress. 2.4 Settlement of foundations on cohesive soils. 2.5 Settlement of foundations on cohesionless soils. 2.6 The effects of settlement on superstructures. 2.7 Flow of water to excavations and boreholes. 3. Stability problems in foundation engineering/ F.D.C.Henry. 3.1 Failure characteristic of soils rocks. 3.2 Analysis of the stability of hillsides and banks. 3.3 Bearing capacity of soils. 3.4 Local overstressing beneath foundations and the bearing capacity of foundation on a thin layer of cohesive soil. 3.5 the design of bored piers and piles. 3.6 Bearing capacity of rock. 3.7 The investigation of failures. 4. Independent foundations/ A.W.Astill. 4.1 General notes. 4.2 Transfer of load from column to footings. 4.3 Transfer of load from footing to soil. 4.4 Design of reinforced concrete column footings. 4.5 Plain concrete foundation blocks. 4.6 Steel grillage design. 4.7 Construction of footings. 4.8 Cantilever foundations. 4.9 Steel column bases. 4.10 Steel pedestal bases. 4.11 Deep foundations. 4.12 Foundation subjected to overturning moments and uplift. 4.13 Machine foundations. 5. Combined foundation/ A.P.S Selvadurai. 5.1 General consideration in the analysis of stability and settlement of combined foundations. 5.2 Idealized soil response for the interaction analysis of combined foundations. 5.3 Continuous footings. 5.4 Mat and raft foundations. 5.5 Tank foundations. 6. Earth retaining structures and culverts/ K.Starzewski. 6.1 Evaluation of loads on earth retaining structures. 6.2 Design and construction of retaining walls. 6.3 Lateral stresses on the lining of shafts. 6.4 Design and construction of culverts. 7. Cofferdams and caissons/ I.Greeves. 7.1 General review of the type of foundation to be used in bad ground or underwater. 7.2 Types of cofferdams. 7.3 Design of cofferdams. 7.4 Sheet piles. 7.5 Open and pneumatic caissons. 7.6 Construction of cylinders. 7.7 Underwater concreting. 7.8 The use of compressed air rain excavation work. 8. Bearing piles and piling/ I.A.Rennie. 8.1 Types of pile. 8.2 Displacement piles. 8.3 Replacement piles. 8.4 Bearing capacity and settlement of piles and pile groups. 8.5 Pile caps. 8.6 Pile testing. 8.7 Safety precautions. 9. Structures liable to the effects of mining subsidence/ G.S.Littlejohn. 9.1 Mechanics of mining subsidence. 9.2 Surface damage. 9.3 Mining precautions against the effect of subsidence. 9.4 Structural precautions against the effects of subsidence. 9.5 Monitoring foundation movements. 9.6 General conclusion. 10. Bridge abutments and piers/ W.J.Walley. 10.1 Preliminary considerations. 10.2 Scour at river bridges. 10.3 Standard bridge loading. 10.4 Abutments for simply supported bridge decks. 10.5 Abutments for portal frame and arch bridges. 10.6 Bridge piers. 10.7 Abutments and piers for moveable bridges. 10.8 Bridge bearings and articulations systems. 10.9 Design example. Calculation of design moments and forces for a cantilever abutments. 11. Miscellaneous foundation problems/ K.Elson. 11.1 De-watering. 11.2 Drainage and preloading. 11.3 Deep ground improvement by vibration and tamping. 11.4 Grouting in geotechnics. 11.5 Diaphragm walls. 11.6 Ground anchors. 11.7 Pressure of concrete on formwork. 11.8 General review of underpinning.

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