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updated ground remediation techniques.
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The text serves as an ideal resource for practicing foundation and geotechnical engineers as well as a supplemental
textbook for both undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Second Edition
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Dedicated to My Parents
Contents
Preface ..............................................................................................................................................ix
Editor................................................................................................................................................xi
Contributors .................................................................................................................................xiii
1. Review of Soil Mechanics Concepts and Analytical Techniques Used in
Foundation Engineering .......................................................................................................1
Manjriker Gunaratne
2. In Situ Soil Testing ...............................................................................................................57
Austin Gray Mullins
3. Spread Footings: Analysis and Design ..........................................................................105
Manjriker Gunaratne
4. Geotechnical Design of Combined Spread Footings ..................................................175
Manjriker Gunaratne
5. Structural Design of Foundations ...................................................................................221
Panchy Arumugasaamy
6. Design of Driven Piles and Pile Groups........................................................................283
Manjriker Gunaratne
7. Design of Drilled Shafts ...................................................................................................351
Austin Gray Mullins
8. Design of Laterally Loaded Piles ....................................................................................379
Manjriker Gunaratne
9. Construction Monitoring and Testing Methods of Driven Piles .............................417
Manjriker Gunaratne and Austin Gray Mullins
10. Retaining Walls: Analysis and Design ..........................................................................491
Alaa Ashmawy
11. Stability Analysis and Design of Slopes .......................................................................555
Manjriker Gunaratne
12. Methods of Soft Ground Improvement .........................................................................607
James D. Hussin
13. Impact of Groundwater on the Design of Earthen Structures ..................................647
Manjriker Gunaratne
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Preface
The first edition of the Foundation Engineering Handbook was well received by users. One
major reason for this is its fulfillment of the need for both classical foundation design
principles and the latest contributions made to the state of knowledge. Some of the unique
areas covered in the first edition were innovative in situ testing and site improvement
techniques, concepts of ground deformation modeling using the finite element method,
reliability-based design concepts, and pile construction monitoring techniques that are
in wide use today. In this new edition, the handbook includes additional applications in
the state of the art such as unsaturated soil mechanics, analysis of transient flow through
soils, deep foundation construction monitoring based on thermal integrity profiling, and
updated ground remediation techniques. Furthermore, in the new edition, almost every
chapter has been updated by adding alternative analytical techniques such as the force
polygon method of analysis and a number of additional illustrative examples to comple-
ment the existing ones. Therefore, the applicability of this handbook as a supplementary
textbook, at both undergraduate and graduate levels, has been vastly elevated.
It is indeed my pleasure to have worked with a distinguished set of contributors who
once again performed their tasks in an outstanding manner amid their professional
demands. Especially, my thanks are conveyed to Dr. Gray Mullins and James Hussin. My
appreciation is conveyed to University of South Florida civil engineering graduate students
Mohammed Naim, Alex Mraz, Ivan Sokolic, Mathiyaparanam and Kalyani Jeyisankar,
Duminda Randeniya, John Metz, Justin Callahan, and Yordanka Goodwin for their con-
tributions and to Ingrid Hall for help in preparing the manuscript. The support of my
children, Ruwan and Aruni, and my wife, Prabha, during the arduous task of making this
project a reality is also gratefully acknowledged. I wish to extend my special thanks to Joe
Clements and Josie Banks-Kyle and other members of the staff at Taylor & Francis Group
for their support in publishing the second edition of this handbook. Thanks are also due
to the publishers who permitted the use of material from other references.
I acknowledge the mentorship of late Professor Alagiah Thurairajah, former dean of the
Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and a prominent member
of the Cambridge University’s Cam Clay group. Finally, I dedicate this second version of
the handbook as well to my mother, Jeanette Gunaratne, and my late father, Raymond
Gunaratne.
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