The First Comprehensive Guide to Shallow Foundations Over the last few decades, the bearing capacity of shallow foundations has been studied more thoroughly than any other subject in geotechnical engineering. Until now, however, most references on foundation engineering devoted only a single chapter to the subject. Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity and Settlement provides what many engineers have been waiting for-a concise, comprehensive reference containing all the relevant material on shallow foundation behavior under static and dynamic loads related to their ultimate bearing capacity, allowable bearing capacity, and settlement. Estimation Techniques, Earthquake Loading, and Experimental Results The author-a renowned expert-presents the various theories developed during the past fifty years for estimating the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations under various types of loading and subsoil conditions. He discusses the principles of estimating foundation settlement and for estimating the stress increase in a soil mass supporting a foundation. Earthquake loading and its effects on ultimate bearing capacity have received considerable attention in recent years, and the author provides an overview of these developments. He also offers details regarding permanent foundation settlement caused by cyclic and transient loading-details derived from laboratory and field experimental observations. Progress in Soil Reinforcement Researchers have made steady progress in evaluating the potential of soil reinforcement to reduce settlement and increase ultimate and allowable bearing capacities of shallow foundations. This book provides an entire chapter on the subject, including discussions of the materials used: galvanized steel strips, geotextile, and geogrid. The presentation of Shallow Foundations is clear, concise, and filled with examples and exercises that illustrate the theory. This book stands alone as an in-depth, authoritative guide to shallow foundation bearing capacities and the effects of different soil types, slopes, settlement, reinforcement, and seismic activity. Researchers, students, and practicing engineers will all welcome its addition to their reference shelves.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Shallow Foundations-General Types of Failure in Soil at Ultimate Load Settlement at Ultimate Load Ultimate and Allowable Bearing Capacities Ultimate Bearing Capacity Theories-Centric Vertical Loading Introduction Terzaghi's Bearing Capacity Theory Terzaghi's Bearing Capacity Theory for Local Shear Failure Meyerhof's Bearing Capacity Theory General Discussion on the Relationships of Bearing Capacity Factors Other Bearing Capacity Theories Scale Effects on Bearing Capacity Effect of Water Table General Bearing Capacity Equation Effect of Soil Compressibility Bearing Capacity of Foundations on Anisotropic Soil Allowable Bearing Capacity with Respect to Failure Interference of Continuous Foundations in Granular Soil Ultimate Bearing Capacity Under Inclined and Eccentric Loads Introduction Foundations Subjected to Inclined Load Meyerhof's Theory (Continuous Foundation) General Bearing Capacity Equation Other Results for foundations with Centric Inclined Load Continuous Foundation with Eccentric Load Ultimate Load on Rectangular Foundations Special Cases of Shallow Foundations Introduction Foundation Supported by a Soil with a Rigid Rough Base at a Limited Depth Foundation on Layered Saturated Anisotropic Clay (f = 0) Foundation on Layered c-f Soil-Stronger Soil Underlain by Weaker Soil Foundation on Layered c-f Soil-Weaker Soil Underlain by Stronger Soil Continuous Foundation on Weak Clay with a Granular Trench Shallow Foundations Above a Void Foundations on a Slope Foundations on Top of a Slope Settlement and Allowable Bearing Capacity Introduction Stress Increase in Soil Due to Applies Load Elastic Settlement Flexible and Rigid Foundations Settlement Under a Circular Area Settlement Under a Rectangular Area Effect of a Rigid Base at a Limited Depth Effect of Depth of Embedment Elastic Parameters Settlement of Foundations on Saturated Clay Settlement of Foundations on Sand Field Plate Load Tests Consolidation Settlement General Principles of Consolidation Settlement Relationships for Primary Consolidation Settlement Calculation Three-Dimensional Effect on Primary Consolidation Settlement Secondary Consolidation Settlement Differential Settlement General Concepts of Differential Settlement Limiting Values of Differential Settlement Parameters Dynamic Bearing Capacity and Settlement Introduction Effect of Load Velocity on Ultimate Bearing Capacity Ultimate Bearing Capacity Under Earthquake Loading Settlement of Foundations on Granular Soil due to Earthquake Loading Foundation Settlement Due to Cyclic Loading-Granular Soil Foundation Settlement Due to Cyclic Loading in Saturated Clay Settlement Due to Transient Load on Foundation Shallow Foundations on Reinforced Soil Introduction Foundations on Metallic Strip- Reinforced Granular Soil Failure Mode Force in Reinforcement Ties Factor of Safety Against Tie Breaking and Tie Pullout Design Procedure for a Continuos Foundation Foundations on Geotextile-Reinforced Soil Laboratory Model Test Results Comment on Geotextile Reinforcement Foundations on Geogrid-Reinforced Soil General Parameters Relationships for Critical Nondimensional Parameters for Foundation on Geogrid-Reinforced Sand Relationship Between BCRu and BCRs in Sand Critical Nondimensional Parameters for Foundations on Geogrid-Reinforced Clay (f = 0 condition) Bearing Capacity Theory Settlement of foundations of Geogrid-Reinforced Soil Due to Cyclic Loading Settlement Due to Impact Loading Uplift Capacity of Shallow Foundations Introduction Foundations in Sand Balla's Theory Theory of Meyerhof and Adams Theory of Vesic Saeedy's Theory Discussion of Various Theories Effect of Backfill on Uplift Capacity Foundations in Saturated Clay (f = o condition:) Ultimate UpliftCapacity-General Vesic's Theory Meyerhof's Theory Modifications to Meyerhof's Theory Factor of Safety Appendix: Conversion Factors Index