Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415385822 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 568 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mauro Sottile said One Star. The book was damaged and took more than a month to be delivered
It includes calculations of the resistance of piles to compressive loads, pile groups under compressive loading, piled foundations for resisting uplift and lateral loading and the structural design of piles and pile groups. It introduces the 2005 version of Eurocode7, BS 8004 and other codes, and refers to BS 6349 on maritime structures, and new forms of civil engineering contracts suitable for piling projects. Marine structures, miscellaneous problems (including machinery foundations, underpinning, mining subsidence areas, contracts and frozen ground), durability of piled foundations, ground investigations, and pile testing are also covered. It als
John Woodward has undertaken the design and construction of a wide variety of geotechnical work in the UK and overseas. For the past 10 years he has acted as arbitrator and adjudicator resolving contractual disputes concerned with piling, drilling and contaminated land. He was the first recipient of the Skempton Gold Medal inaugurated by the British Geotechnical Society in 1998. Mi
Simple exercises are given which provide the reader with an insight to the processses of design and the final foundation choice.' - Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (of the 4th edition). 'An excellent reference Provides the reader with considerable insight into the behaviour, design, and use of various types of pile