Tall Building Foundation Design

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-74803-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1073 g

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the design of foundations for tall buildings.

After a general review of the characteristics of tall buildings, various foundation options are discussed followed by the general principles of foundation design as applied to tall buildings. Considerable attention is paid to the methods of assessment of the geotechnical design parameters, as this is a critical component of the design process. A detailed treatment is then given to foundation design for various conditions, including ultimate stability, serviceability, ground movements, dynamic loadings and seismic loadings. Basement wall design is also addressed. The last part of the book deals with pile load testing and foundation performance measurement, and finally, the description of a number of case histories.

A feature of the book is the emphasis it places on the various stages of foundation design: preliminary, detailed and final, and the presentation of a number of relevant methods of design associated with each stage.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Poulos, Harry G.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Boden- und Felsmechanik, Geotechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Characteristics of Tall Buildings. Selection of Foundation Type. Foundation Design Process and Criteria. Building Loads. Assessment of Ground Conditions. Design for Ultimate Limit State Loadings. Design for Serviceability. Design for Ground Movements. Design for Dynamic Loadings. Design for Seismic Events. Design of Basement Walls and Excavations. Pile Load Testing. Performance Monitoring. Case Histories.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Harry Poulos AM FAA FTSE NAE DScEng is a Senior Principal with the geotechnical consulting company of Coffey Geotechnics in Sydney Australia, and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney. He has been involved in a large number of major projects in Australia and overseas including the Egnatia Odos highway project in Greece, the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, and the Dubai tower in Doha, Qatar. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1988 and a Fellow of The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 1996. He has received a number of awards and prizes, including the Kevin Nash Gold Medal of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in 2005. He was the Rankine Lecturer in 1989 and the Terzaghi Lecturer in 2004, and was selected as the Australian Civil Engineer of the Year for 2003 by the Institution of Engineers Australia. In 1993, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to engineering, and in 2010, he was elected a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 2014, he was elected as a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering.