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footing / foundation design reference

footing / foundation design reference

footing / foundation design reference

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Hello all,
I am a pretty new to the professional world and although I have a masters I have done/seen very little footing design. I was wondering if you guys could suggest any good books that focus on "our" design concerns as structural designers.

RE: footing / foundation design reference

Bowles and Das are both good text books.

RE: footing / foundation design reference

i would suggest you to go to some foundation courses in school. It will give you better idea of foundation desgin. Unlike other structural systems (concrete or steels), there are a lot of unpredictable factors in foundation design. :)

RE: footing / foundation design reference

Peck Hanson Thornburn, "Foundation Emgineering".

RE: footing / foundation design reference

Most definitely the following:
1.  Tomlinson, M.J. Foundation Design and Construction (for an excellent "understanding" of foundations and "not idealized" conditions)
2.  Terzaghi, Peck and Mesri, Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice.

Also the Paper by Polous in the 2001 (?) ISSMFE Conference in Istanbul.

RE: footing / foundation design reference

CRSI

RE: footing / foundation design reference

Anything by Tomilson is pretty good.

RE: footing / foundation design reference

Principles of Foundation Engineering by Braja M. Das is a pretty good book.

RE: footing / foundation design reference

Structural foundations manual for low rise buildings (M.F. Atkinson). This is a practical and straight forward book with lots of examples

RE: footing / foundation design reference

As you can see from the thread, there is a plethora of references (not mentioned include Fang (Winterkorn and Fang) Foundation Engineering Handbook, Conduto's books, Day's Handbook (being jointly marketed by ASCE), Tschebotarioff, Zeevaert, Chellis, Scott, Craig, Bell and the many US Army Corps of Engineers, NAVFACS, FHWA manuals).  I have found that some of the older books (Tschebotarioff in soil mechanics, Chellis in piled foundations) give great examples into the thought process although Das and Bowles are somewhat more analytical.  Of the more current books, the two by Tomlinson (his Foundation book and Pile Design and Construction) give great insight as to the theory and how the theory is put into practice and how practice indicates the theory.  You see real examples, how problems are overcome rather than "here is the model, this is how you carry out the analysis, . . ."  The FHWA, USACE offer little in these aspects which is why, I think, they haven't been mentioned.  While I have Bowles (2nd, 3rd and 5th editions)and refer to them, Tomlinson's books are without question the most appropriate in my view - and they are very good reads - just to read.

RE: footing / foundation design reference

I like and have used Bowles Foundation analysis and design although I believe the latest edition is too computer oriented (I like the earlier editions!)

Ive been wanting to get Tomlinson (Foundation Design and construction) for a while but the reviews by amazon are not all that good.  From the above it seems it is a good text.
Any others second that ?  Also interested to know if any out there have Bowles and a comparison to Tomlinson.

Cheers!   

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