Pile design and construction - rules of thumb

Publication Year

2008

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Provides a comprehensive understanding of the issues related to the design, installation and construction of piles, using simple arithmetic for the necessary equations. 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 and many other subjects. Also looks at pile design in mixed soil conditions, from sandy soils to clay soils.

Document History

Superseded by the second edition, 2016. Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier.

Author

Rajapakse, R.

ISBN

9780750687638

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