CEC Acieeicars COR 8 mas s i An inspaction copy of : : Ee a ay TDL Tlie | ree it Oe pone ae dr ease Oi oe Re) RUAN Ap Rs ee ade CONTENTS: Introduction ‘Where Piles are Used? ‘Typés of Piles and their Construction Driving Formulae Pile Driving by Vibration Jhe Calculation uf: the Ultimote ‘Boaring Capacity of a from Soil Properties “The Sottlemiont 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 Durability of Piles 2ND EDITION THE DESIGN OF PILED UMSSTRUCTURES AND SOLID BODY MECHANICS General Editor: B, G. NEAL SOME OTHER BOOKS IN THIS SERIES AKROYD, T. N. W. Concrete: Its Properties and Manufacture ALLEN, H. G. Analysis and Design of Structural Sandwich Panels BROWNE, J. S.C. Basic Theory of Structures DUGDALE, D. S. Elements of Elasticity DYM, C. L. Introduction to the Theory of Shells LIVESLEY, R. K. Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis NEAL, B. G. Structural Theorems and thei Applications RAUDKIVI, A. I. Loose Boundary Hydraulics The terms of our inspection copy service apply to all the above books. Full details of all books listed and specimen THE DESIGN OF PILED FOUNDATIONS Second Edition by THOMAS WHITAKER, D.SC., M.LC.E. @ PERGAMON PRESS Oxford © New York + Toronto Rudnev e Parie ¢ BrannerhweioU.K. Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW, England Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, New York 10523, U.S.A. CANADA Pergamon of Canada, Ltd., 207 Queen’s Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19a Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.AV. 2011, Australia FRANCE. Pergamon Press SARL, 24 rue des Ecoles, 75240 Paris, Cedex 05, France WEST GERMANY Pergamon Press GMbH, 3300 Braunschweig, Postfach 2923, Burgplatz 1, West Germany Copyright © T. Whitaker 1976 All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publishers First edition 1970 Second edition 1976 Livcary of Congress Cataloging in Poblestion Dat Whitaker, Thomas, ‘The design of piled foundations, (Structures and solid body mechanics) (Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Piling (Civil engineering) I, Tite. TA7BO.WS 1975 624.154 75-19317, ISBN 0-08-019706-X ISBN 0-08.019705-1 pbk. CONTENTS Acknowledgemerts 1 Introductio Units of measurement 2 Where piles are uséd The typical ground conditions Site investigations 3. Types of piles and their construction Pile classification Displacement pites Non-displacement piles Screw pies Pile instalation The structural strength of piles 4 Driving formulae Introduction Formula Formula Formula Formula Formula Formula Formula Formula Formula Formula 10 ‘The practical application of driving formulae The limitetions of driving formatae 5 Pile driving by vibration Introduction. The theory of vibration driving General comment Vibratory impact drivers ix