Single Piles and Pile Groups Under Lateral Loading, 2nd Edition, (With CD-ROM)

The complexities of designing piles for lateral loads are manifold as there are many forces that are critical to the design of big structures such as bridges, offshore and waterfront structures and retaining walls. The loads on structures should be supported either horizontally or laterally or in both directions and most structures have in common that they are founded on piles. To create solid foundations, the pile designer is driven towards finding the critical load on a certain structure, either by causing overload or by causing too much lateral deflection.

This second edition of Reese and Van Impe’s course book explores and explains lateral load design and procedures for designing piles and pile groups, accounting for the soil resistance, as related to the lateral deflection of the pile. It addresses the analysis of piles of varying stiffness installed into soils with a variety of characteristics, accounting for the axial load at the top of the pile and for the rotational restraint of the pile head. The presented method using load-transfer functions is currently applied in practice by thousands of engineering offices in the world. Moreover, various experimental case design examples, including the design of an offshore platform pile foundation are given to complement theory. The rich list of relevant publications will serve the user into further reading.

Designed as a textbook for senior undergraduate/graduate student courses in pile engineering, foundation engineering and related subjects, this set of book and CD-ROM will also benefit professionals in civil and mining engineering and in the applied earth sciences.

Preface
List of Symbols

Chapter 1 : Techniques for Design
Chapter 2 : Derivation of Equations and Methods of Solution
Chapter 3 : Models for Response of Soil and Weak Rock
Chapter 4 : Structural Characteristics of Piles
Chapter 5 : Analysis of Groups of Piles Subjected to Inclined and Eccentric Loading
Chapter 6 : Analysis of Single Piles and Groups of Piles Subjected to Active and Passive Loading
Chapter 7 : Case Studies
Chapter 8 : Testing of Full-Sized Piles
Chapter 9 : Implementation of Factors of Safety
Chapter 10 : Suggestions of Design

Appendices
Appendix A : Broms Method for Analysis of Single Piles Under Lateral Loading
Appendix B : Nondimensional Coefficients for Piles With Finite Length, No Axial Load, Constant Ep/Ip, and Constant Epy
Appendix C : Difference Equations for Step-Tapered Beams on Foundations Having Variable Stiffness
Appendix D : Computer Program COM622
Appendix E : Non-Dimensional Curves for Piles Under Lateral Loading for Case Where Epy =Kpyx
Appendix F : Tables of Values of Efficiency Measured in Tests of Groups of Piles Under Lateral Loading
Appendix G : Horizontal Stresses in Soil Near Shaft During Installation of a Pile
Appendix H : Use of Data From Testing Uninstrumented Piles Under Lateral Loading to Obtain Soil Response
Appendix I : Eurocode Principles Related to Geotechnical Design
Appendix J : Discussion of Factor of Safety Related to Piles Under Axial Load

References
Author Index
Subject Index