Foundation Analysis and Design: Joseph E. Bowles

Table of Contents
Preface
About the Computer Programs
List of Primary Symbols Used in Text
1 Introduction 1
2 Geotechnical And Index Properties: Laboratory Testing; Settlement and Strength Correlations 15
3 Exploration, Sampling, and In Situ Soil Measurements 135
4 Bearing Capacity of Foundations 213
5 Foundation Settlements 284
6 Improving Site Soils for Foundation Use 344
7 Factors to Consider in Foundation Design 370
8 Spread Footing Design 403
9 Special Footings and Beams on Elastic Foundations 472
10 Mat Foundations 537
11 Lateral Earth Pressure 589
12 Mechanically Stabilized Earth and Concrete Retaining Walls 657
13 Sheet-Pile Walls: Cantilevered and Anchored 725
14 Walls for Excavations 785
15 Cellular Cofferdams 828
16 Single Piles - Static Capacity and Lateral Loads; Pile/Pole Buckling 867
17 Single Piles: Dynamic Analysis, Load Tests 968
18 Pile Foundations: Groups 1006
19 Drilled Piers or Caissons 1055
20 Design of Foundations for Vibration Controls 1090
Appendix A 1135
References 1144
Indexes 1165