Pile design and construction practice

This international piling handbook is essential for geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists responsible for designing and constructing piled foundations. It explains general principles and practice and details current types of pile, piling equipment and methods. It includes calculations of...

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Main Authors: Tomlinson, M. J. (Michael John) (Author), Woodward, John 1936- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton,FL CRC Press,Taylor & Francis Group 2015
Edition:Sixth edition
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. General principles and practices
  • 2. Types of pile
  • 3. Piling equipment and methods
  • 4. Calculating the resistance of piles to compressive loads -5. Pile groups under compressive loading
  • 6. Design of piled foundations to resist uplift and lateral loading
  • 7. Some aspects of the structural design of piles and pile groups
  • 8. Piling for marine structures 9. Miscellaneous piling problems 10. Durability of piled foundations
  • 11. Ground investigations, piling contracts and pile testing