In Foundation Design: Theory and Practice, Professor N. S. V. Kameswara Rao covers the key aspects of the subject, including principles of testing, interpretation, analysis, soil-structure interaction modeling, construction guidelines, and applications to rational design. Rao presents a wide array of numerical methods used in analyses so that readers can employ and adapt them on their own. Throughout the book the emphasis is on practical application, training readers in actual design procedures using the latest codes and standards in use throughout the world. * Presents updated design procedures in light of revised codes and standards, covering: * American Concrete Institute (ACI) codes * Eurocode 7 * Other British Standard-based codes including Indian codes * Provides background materials for easy understanding of the topics, such as: * Code provisions for reinforced concrete * Pile design and construction * Machine foundations and construction practices * Tests for obtaining the design parameters * Features subjects not covered in other foundation design texts: * Soil-structure interaction approaches using analytical, numerical, and finite element methods * Analysis and design of circular and annular foundations * Analysis and design of piles and groups subjected to general loads and movements * Contains worked out examples to illustrate the analysis and design * Provides several problems for practice at the end of each chapter * Lecture materials for instructors available on the book's companion website Foundation Design is designed for graduate students in civil engineering and geotechnical engineering. The book is also ideal for advanced undergraduate students, contractors, builders, developers, heavy machine manufacturers, and power plant engineers. Students in mechanical engineering will find the chapter on machine foundations helpful for structural engineering applications. Companion website for instructor resources: href="http://www.wiley.com/go/rao">www.wiley.com/go/rao

• Presents updated design procedures in light of revised codes and standards, covering:
  • American Concrete Institute (ACI) codes
  • Eurocode 7
  • Other British Standard-based codes including Indian codes
• Provides background materials for easy understanding of the topics, such as:
  • Code provisions for reinforced concrete
  • Pile design and construction
  • Machine foundations and construction practices
  • Tests for obtaining the design parameters
• Features subjects not covered in other foundation design texts:
  • Soil-structure interaction approaches using analytical, numerical, and finite element methods
  • Analysis and design of circular and annular foundations
  • Analysis and design of piles and groups subjected to general loads and movements
• Contains worked out examples to illustrate the analysis and design
• Provides several problems for practice at the end of each chapter
• Lecture materials for instructors available on the book's companion website

Foundation Design is designed for graduate students in civil engineering and geotechnical engineering. The book is also ideal for advanced undergraduate students, contractors, builders, developers, heavy machine manufacturers, and power plant engineers. Students in mechanical engineering will find the chapter on machine foundations helpful for structural engineering applications.

Companion website for instructor resources: www.wiley.com/go/rao

Preface xix

Acknowledgments xxi

1 Introduction 1

2 Engineering Properties of Soil 9

2.1 Introduction 9

2.2 Basic Soil Relations 9

2.3 Soil Classification 15

2.4 Permeability 15

2.5 Over Consolidation Ratio 16

2.6 Relative Density 18

2.7 Terzaghi's Effective Stress Principle 19

2.8 Compaction of Soils 20

2.9 Consolidation and Compressibility 21

2.9.1 Compressibility Characteristics and Settlement of Soils 22

2.9.2 Time Rate of Consolidation 24

2.10 Shear Strength of Soils 26

2.11 Soil Exploration and Sampling 32

2.12 Site Investigation -- Boring, Sampling and Testing 33

2.13 Split Spoon Sampler and Standard Penetration Test 35

2.14 Cone Penetration Test 39

2.15 Field Vane Shear Test 43

2.16 Other In Situ Tests 43

2.17 Summary 43

2.18 Examples 43

3 Bearing Capacity, Settlement, Stresses and Lateral Pressures in Soils 49

3.1 Introduction 49

3.2 Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations 51

3.3 Bearing Capacity of Deep Foundations 57

3.4 Correlation of UBC and ASP with SPT Values and CPT Values 59

3.5 UBC and Probable Settlements Using Field Plate Load Test 62

3.6 Elastic Stress and Displacement Distribution in Soils 65

3.7 Settlement Analysis 72

3.8 Lateral Earth Pressure 74

3.9 Coefficient of Earth Pressure at Rest 86

3.10 Other Theories of Lateral Pressure 86

3.11 Examples 87

4 Rational Design of Shallow Foundations 119

4.1 Introduction 119

4.2 Shallow Foundations 120

4.3 Conventional Design and Rational Design 121

4.4 Procedures for the Design of Footings 122

4.5 Conventional Structural Design of Footings 136

4.6 Foundations in Difficult Soil Formations 137

4.7 Modeling Soil Structure Interactions for Rational Design of Foundations 140

4.8 Evaluation of Spring Constant in Winkler's Soil Model 151

4.9 Soil-Structure Interaction Equations 162

4.10 Summary 163

5 Analysis of Footings on Elastic Foundations 165

5.1 Introduction 165

5.2 Literature Review 165

5.3 Analysis of BEF 167

5.4 Infinite Beams on Elastic Foundations 170

5.5 Finite Beams on Elastic Foundations 173

5.6 Plates on Elastic Foundations 187

5.7 Summary 196

6 Numerical and Finite Difference Methods 203

6.1 Introduction 203

6.2 Trial Solutions with Undetermined Parameters 203

6.3 Finite Difference Method 209

6.4 FDM Applications to General BEF Problems 216

6.5 Boundary Conditions 226

6.6 Calculation of Bending Moments 232

6.7 Shear Forces 234

6.8 Vertical Reactions 237

6.9 Simplification for Prismatic Beams 240

6.10 FDM for Rectangular P…