Soils and Foundations for Architects and Engineers

1 Classification of Soils.- 2 Physical Properties of Soils.- 3 Subsurface Soil Exploration.- 4 Allowable Soil Bearing Pressure.- 5 Spread Footings.- 6 Piles, Piers and Caissons.- 7 Lateral Earth Pressure.- 8 Walls—Construction Details.- 9 Walls—Design Considerations.- 10 Soil Compaction.- 11 Expansive Clay.- 12 Characteristics of Rock.- Appendix A Earth Pressure Transfer at Cold Joint by Shear-Friction.- A-1. Allowable Transfer Force.- A-2. Shear-Friction Reinforcing Details.- A-3. Development of Reinforcing.- A-4. Closing Comments.- Appendix B Earth Pressure Transfer at Cold Joint by Shear Key.- B-1. Typical Shear Key Details.- B-2. Typical Load Requirements.- B-3. Shear Key Theory of Design.- Induced Stresses, Allowable Stresses, Summary of Stresses.- B-4. Recommended Shear Key Dimensions.- B-5. Recommended Transfer Force.- Appendix C Pressure Distribution within a Soil Mass.- C-1. General Observations.- C-2. Pressure Induced at any Point by a Concentrated Load.- C-3. Pressure Induced at any Point by a Circular Load.- C-4. Pressure Induced at a Corner by a Rectangular Load.- C-5. Pressure Induced at any Point by a Rectangular Load.- C-6. Sample Problems.- Appendix D Basement Slab on Ground—Empirical Design.- D-1. General Details.- Lightly Loaded Slabs, Heavily Loaded Slabs.- D-2. Reinforcing Steel.- General, Splices in Reinforcement, Wire Mesh Alternate.- D-3. Stone Base.- Material, Compaction.- D-4. Ground Water.- Appendix E Dowels for Load Transfer into Footings.- E-1. General Considerations.- Purpose of Dowel, Load Transfer through Dowels, Typical Dowel Requirements, Length Requirements.- E-3. The Use of Hooks.- E-4. Size Substitution—Compression Bars.- Appendix F Buoyancy.- F-1. General 350 Safety Factor.- F-2. Sample Problems.- References.