Titlebook: Soils and Foundations for Architects and Engineers; Chester I. Duncan Book 1998Latest edition Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998 Drainage.arc

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and the application of that technology to the designand construction process. This text provides an up-to-date overview ofthe classification of soils, the design of foundations, and thebehavior of soils under load. Particular emphasis has been given tothe subject of piles, piers, and caissons, and

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Classification of Soils, a building are transmitted through the foundations into the ground, where the underlying soil provides the ultimate response. Each kind of soil exhibits a different kind of response. The design of the foundations cannot be completed, nor should it even be started, until the behavior of the underlyi

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Physical Properties of Soils,ese properties can be determined by performing a laboratory analysis on undisturbed soil samples obtained during the test boring process, as described in Article 3–6. The laboratory analysis should be performed in accordance with the following ASTM Standard:

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Subsurface Soil Exploration,ation of the site. The purpose of this investigation is to acquaint both the architect and engineer with conditions peculiar to that site. The investigation will give the architect information as to site access, topography, and the existence of physical barriers such as sharp drop-offs, lakes, or st

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Spread Footings,n trimmed by hand to specified dimensions. The primary purpose of a footing is to transfer load from the building to the ground. The load may be vertical, as in the case of gravity, or it may be horizontal, as in the case of wind, earthquake or earth pressure. A secondary purpose of a footing is to

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Lateral Earth Pressure,complish this, the retaining wall must restrain the lateral pressure exerted by the earth situated in back of the wall. A retaining wall cannot be properly designed until the designer has a clear understanding of the physical properties and in-place characteristics of the earth whose pressure the wa

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,Walls— Design Considerations,le accuracy, the magnitude of the lateral pressure to which the wall will be subjected. This requires an understanding of the physical properties and in-place characteristics of the earth which the wall is to support. The importance of this understanding cannot be overemphasized.