PREFACE

Pile foundations have been used since prehistoric time to transfer building loads
to appropriate depths. In an effort to develop reasonable design methods,
analytical and experimentalstudies on piles and pile groups have been performed
extensivelyin the past four decades. Analytical studies have been directed toward
prediction of bearing capacity under vertical loads, pile deflections under lateral
loads, response of piles under dynamic loads, and the behavior of piles in
permafrost. Numerical methods including finite difference and finite element
techniques have also been applied. Also, a large amount of model and full-scale
test data have been collected.
All the foregoing information has led to the development of design procedures
of piles in different soil types, loading conditions, and environments.The purpose
of this text is to present a concise, systematic, and complete treatment of the
subject leading to rational design procedures for the practicing civil, geotechnical,
and structural engineers. The book will be of equal benefit to graduate students
specializing in foundation engineering.
This book contains eleven chapters. In Chapter 1, basic concepts of pile
behavior under different types of loading are developed. More importantly, the
changes in the soil properties particularly in clays under static and dynamic
loading and on a long-term basis have been explained. In Chapters 2 and 3,
details of different types of piles and their installation methods, respectively, are
discussed.
Determination and selection of appropriate soil parameters for design of piles
under different loading conditions and environment are presented in Chapter 4.
Adequate attention is most often not paid by the design engineers to the factors
affecting the selection of design parameters. This and other questions are
explained in detail in this chapter.
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In the subsequent four chapters, detailed information on behavior and design

of piles have been included for (1) vertical loading and pullout in Chapter 5, (2)
lateral, inclined, and eccentric loads in Chapter 6, (3) dynamic loads in Chapter 7,
and (4) piles in permafrost in Chapter 8. A special feature in all these four
chapters is that step-by-step design procedures are developed. Numerous solved
problems are also included in each chapter.
Load test procedures and their interpretation are discussed in Chapter 9. The
question of buckling of long, slender piles with and without unsupported length is
the subject of Chapter 10.
A match of prediction and performance of piles and pile groups is of great
importance in practice. This subject is discussed with the help of several case
histories in Chapter 11.
Several parts of this text have been used in short courses for practicing
engineers offered by the University of Missouri-Rolla. Input from several
participants of these short courses resulted in many improvements,
Thanks go to the Civil Engineering Department, University of MissouriRolla, for the facilities offered and to the Interlibrary Loan of the Curtis Laws
Wilson Library for procuring some diflicult-to-find references.
Thanks also go to the American Society of Civil Engineers for permitting the
use of material from their publications. Acknowledgment to other copyrighted
material is given in other appropriate places in the text, figures, and tables.
In the preparation of this text, several of our colleagues and students helped in
a variety of ways. Useful comments were offered by W. D. Liam Finn, M. T.
Davisson, Norbert 0.Schmidt, M. R. Madhav, and Swami Saran for improving
the text. Solutions to some problems were prepared by George M. Manyando
and Shamshad Hussain. Charlena Ousley, Janet Pearson, Allison Holdaway, Anna Hubbard, and Ida Lucero typed the text with painstaking effort.
Anna Hubbard also prepared the subject and author indexes and the notations
very patiently. (A special thanks is due to John Wileys editorial and professional
staff. Thanks go to all of them.)
SHAMSHER
PRAKASH
HARID. SHARMA
Rolla. Missouri
Son Jose, California
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