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Pile Foundation Design-Contents Page 1 of 4

Pile Foundation Design: A Student Guide

Chapter 1 Introduction to pile foundations

1.1 Pile foundations

1.2 Historical

1.3 Function of piles

1.4 Classification of piles

1.4.1 Classification of pile with respect to load transmission


and functional behaviour

1.4.2 End bearing piles

1.4.3 Friction or cohesion piles

1.4.4 Cohesion piles

1.4.5 Friction piles

1.4.6 Combination of friction piles and cohesion piles

1.4.7 .Classification of pile with respect to type of material

1.4.8 Timber piles

1.4.9 Concrete pile

1.4.10 Driven and cast in place Concrete piles

1.4.11 Steel piles

1.4.12 Composite piles

1.4.13 Classification of pile with respect to effect on the soil

1.4.14 Driven piles

1.4.15 Bored piles

1.5 Aide to classification of piles

1.6 Advantages and disadvantages of different pile material

1.7 Classification of piles - Review

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Chapter 2 Load on piles

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Pile arrangement

Chapter 3 Load Distribution

3.1 Pile foundations: vertical piles only

3.2 Pile foundations: vertical and raking piles

3.3 Symmetrically arranged vertical and raking piles

3.3.1 Example on installation error

Chapter 4 Load on Single Pile

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The behaviour of piles under load

4.3 Geotechnical design methods

4.3.1 The undrained load capacity (total stress approach)

4.3.2 Drained load capacity (effective stress approach)

4.3.3 Pile in sand

4.4 Dynamic approach

Chapter 5 Single Pile Design

5.1 End bearing piles

5.2 Friction piles

5.3 Cohesion piles

5.4 Steel piles

5.5 Concrete piles

5.5.1 Pre-cast concrete piles

5.6 Timber piles (wood piles)

5.6.1 Simplified method of predicting the bearing capacity


of timber piles

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Chapter 6 Design of Pile Group

6.1 Bearing capacity of pile groups

6.1.1 Pile group in cohesive soil

6.1.2 Pile groups in non-cohesive soil

6.1.3 Pile groups in sand

Chapter 7 Pile Spacing and Pile Arrangement

Chapter 8 Pile Installation Methods

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Pile driving methods (displacement piles)

8.2.1 Drop hammers

8.2.2 Diesel hammers

8.2.3 Pile driving by vibrating

8.3 Boring methods (non-displacement piles)

8.3.1 Continuous Flight Auger (CFA)

8.3.2 Underreaming

8.3.3 C.H.P

Chapter 9 Load Tests on Piles

9.1 Introduction

9.1.1 CRP (constant rate of penetration)

9.1.2 MLT, the maintained increment load test

Chapter 10 Limit State Design

10.1 Geotechnical category GC 1

10.2 Geotechnical category GC 2

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10.3 Geotechnical category GC 3

10.3.1 Conditions classified as in Eurocode 7

10.4 The partial factors γ m, γ n, γ Rd

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Last updated: May 16, 1999.

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