Pile Design and Construction Rules of Thumb

• Main Author: Rajapakse, Ruwan Abey
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chantilly Elsevier 2008; Elsevier Science & Technology; Butterworth-Heinemann
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Civil Engineering & Construction Materials; Piling (Civil engineering); Structural Engineering
• ISBN: 9780750687638; 0750687630
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7506-8763-8.X0001-3

Pile foundations are the part of a structure used to carry and transfer the load of the structure to the bearing ground located at some depth below ground surface. Easy to use and understand, this book covers virtually every subject concerning pile design, featuring techniques that do not appear in other books on the subject. The book contains design methods with real life examples on pin piles, batter piles, concrete piles, steel piles, timber piles, auger cast piles, underpinning design, seismic pile design, negative skin friction, and design of Bitumen coated piles for negative skin friction. The book is packed with design examples, case studies and after construction scenarios. This book enables the reader to come away with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the issues related to the design, installation and construction of piles. This book will benefit engineers, architects, construction managers, geologists, graduate and undergraduate students, and college professors.