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The design of piled foundations / Thomas Whitaker.

By: Whitaker, Thomas.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Pergamon, 1970Description: x, 188 p. : ill., 6plates ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0080139523 .Subject(s): Piling (Civil engineering)DDC classification: 624.155
Contents:
Introduction -- Where piles are used -- Types of piles and their construction -- Driving formulae -- Pile driving by vibration -- The calculation of the ultimate bearing capacity of a pile from soil properties -- The settlement of single piles and the choice of a factor of safety -- Piles in soft soils -- Pile testing -- Piles in groups with vertical loading -- Horizontal forces on piles and pile groups -- The durabillity of piles.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 624.155 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00049423
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-178) and index.

Introduction -- Where piles are used -- Types of piles and their construction -- Driving formulae -- Pile driving by vibration -- The calculation of the ultimate bearing capacity of a pile from soil properties -- The settlement of single piles and the choice of a factor of safety -- Piles in soft soils -- Pile testing -- Piles in groups with vertical loading -- Horizontal forces on piles and pile groups -- The durabillity of piles.

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