(NOTE: Most chapters include Questions and Practice Problems, Summary, and Comprehensive Questions and Practice Problems.)

I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES.

1. Foundations in Civil Engineering.

 

The Emergence of Modern Foundation Engineering. The Foundation Engineer. Uncertainties. Building Codes. Classification of Foundations.

 

2. Performance Requirements.

 

Design Loads. Strength Requirements. Serviceability Requirements. Constructibility Requirements. Economic Requirements.

 

3. Soil Mechanics.

 

Soil Composition. Soil Classification. Groundwater. Stress. Compressibility and Settlement. Strength.

 

4. Site Exploration and Characterization.

 

Site Exploration. Laboratory Testing. In-Situ Testing. Synthesis of Field and Laboratory Data. Economics.

 

II. SHALLOW FOUNDATION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN.

5. Shallow Foundations.

 

Spread Footings. Mats. Bearing Pressure.

 

6. Shallow Foundations—Bearing Capacity.

 

Bearing Capacity Failures. Bearing Capacity Analyses in Soil—General Shear Case. Groundwater Effects. Allowable Bearing Capacity. Selection of Soil Strength Parameters. Bearing Capacity Analyses—Local and Punching Shear Cases. Bearing Capacity on Layered Soils. Accuracy of Bearing Capacity Analyses. Bearing Spreadsheet.

 

7. Shallow Foundations—Settlement.

 

Design Requirements. Overview of Settlement Analysis Methods. Induced Stresses beneath Shallow Foundations. Settlement Analyses Based on Laboratory Tests. Settlement Spreadsheet. Settlement Analyses Based on In-Situ Tests. Schmertmann Spreadsheet. Settlement of Foundations of Stratified Soils. Differential Settlement. Rate of Settlement. Accuracy of Settlement Predictions.

 

8. Spread Footings—Geotechnical Design.

 

Design for Concentric Downward Loads. Design for Eccentric or Moment Loads. Design for Shear Loads. Design for Wind or Seismic Loads. Lightly-Loaded Footings. Footings on or near Slopes. Footings on Frozen Soils. Footings on Soils Prone to Scour. Footings on Rock.

 

9. Spread Footings—Structural Design.

 

Selection of Materials. Basis for Design Methods. Design Loads. Minimum Cover Requirements and Standard Dimensions. Square Footings. Continuous Footings. Rectangular Footings. Combined Footings. Lightly-Loaded Footings. Connections with the Superstructure.

 

10. Mats.

 

Rigid Methods. Nonrigid Methods. Determining the Coefficient of Subgrade Reaction. Structural Design. Settlement. Bearing Capacity.

 

III. DEEP FOUNDATION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN.

11. Deep Foundations.

 

Types of Deep Foundations and Definitions. Load Transfer. Piles. Drilled Shafts. Caissons. Mandrel-Driven Thin-Shells Filled with Concrete. Auger-Cast Piles. Pressure-Injected Footings. Pile-Supported and Pile-Enhanced Mats. Anchors.

 

12. Deep Foundations—Structural Integrity.

 

Design Philosophy. Loads and Stresses. Piles. Drilled Shafts. Caps. Grade Beams.

 

13. Deep Foundations—Axial Load Capacity Based on Static Load Tests.

 

Load Transfer. Conventional Load Tests. Interpretation of Test Results. Mobilization of Soil Resistance. Instrumented Load Tests. Osterberg Load Tests. When and Where to Use Full-Scale Load Tests.

 

14. Deep Foundations—Axial Load Capacity Based on Analytical Methods.

 

Changes in Soil during Construction. Toe Bearing. Side Friction. Upward Load Capacity. Analyses Based on CPT Results. Group Effects. Settlement.

 

15. Deep Foundations—Axial Load Capacity Based on Dynamic Methods.

 

Pile-Driving Formu