Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   P. C. Varghese
Publisher:   PHI Learning
Imprint:   PHI Learning
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.862kg
ISBN:  

9788120326521

ISBN 10:   8120326520
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   30 March 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Units; 1. Engineering Properties of Soils; 2. Contact Pressures on Base of Footings; 3. Stress Distribution in Soils; 4. Settlement of Foundations; 5. General Requirement of Shallow and Deep Foundations; 6. Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations; 7. Factors Affecting Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations; 8. Design of Raft Foundations; 9. Load Carrying Capacity of Piles by Static Formulae; 10. Load Carrying Capacity of Piles by Dynamic Formulae; 11. Structural Design of Concrete Piles; 12. Construction of Cast in-situ Piles; 13. Group Action and Lateral Resistance of Vertical Piles; 14. Field Tests on Piles. 15. Piled Raft Foundations; 16. Lateral Earth Pressures on Rigid Walls; 17. Effect of Superimposed Loads on Backfill and Empirical Design of Retaining Walls; 18. Floating Foundations; 19. Foundations for Steel Towers and Chimneys; 20. Well Foundations; 21. Foundation on Shrinking (Expansive) Soils; 22. Flexible Retaining Structures - Sheet Pile Walls and Braced Excavations; 23. Design of Machine Foundations; 24. Stability of Slopes; 25. Ground Improvement Techniques; 26. Reinforced or Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE); 27. Soil Exploration - Geological Investigation of Sites; 28. Site and Soil Investigation Reports; Appendices; A: Determination of Contact Pressure Distribution in Soils and Analysis of Beams on Elastic Foundations by Influence Charts; B: ACI Method for Analysis of Beams and Grids on Elastic Foundations; C: Analysis of Flexible Plate on Elastic Foundations; D: Cyclic Load Tests and Estimation of Settlement in Piles; E: Building Foundations in Theory and Practice; Index.

Reviews

Author Information

P.C. VARGHESE, M.S.; M.Engg. (Harvard), Ph.D., Honorary Professor at Anna University, Chennai, was formerly Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras and UNESCO Chief Technical Advisor, University of Moratuwa, Colombo. He has been a consultant to various projects in India and abroad. He has contributed to several national and international journals and is the author of Limit State Design of Reinforced Concrete and Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design (both published by Prentice-Hall of India).

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions