4.1 FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION – INTRODUCTION – DEFINITION – OBJECTIVE –
REQUIREMENTS OF FOUNDATION – CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF
TYPES OF FOUNDATION – TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS – SHALLOW AND
DEEP FOUNDATIONS – TYPES – FOUNDATION AT DIFFERENT LEVELS –
FOUNDATION ON MADE UP GROUNDS – DEEP FOUNDATION –
INTRODUCTION – PILE FOUNDATION – USES OF PILES – TYPES OF
PILES – CAISSON FOUNDATION – TYPES – SELECTION OF PILES –
PILE DRIVING – CAPACITY OF PILES – PILE LOAD TEST – FLOATATION
FOUNDATION – NEGATIVE SKIN FRICTION – PILE GROUPS E
FOUNDATION
INTRODUCTION – SOIL DYNAMICS – FREE VIBRATION AND FORCED
VIBRATION – DEFINITION – NATURAL FREQUENCY – BARKEN’S
METHOD PAUW’S METHOD – TYPES OF MACHINE AND MACHINE
FOUNDATION – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – DESIGN OF MACHINE
FOUNDATIONS – RECIPROCATING TYPES – CENTRIFUGAL TYPE –
IMPACT TYPE – STEPS TO DESIGN – COUZEN THEORY – IN –SITU
DYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF SOIL – METHOD – IS CODE OF PRACTICE
– DESIGN CRITERIA – ISOLATION OF FOUNDATION SIMPLE PROBLEMS
5.2 FOUNDATIONS OF TRANSMISSION LINE TOWERS
INTRODUCTION – NECESSITY – FORCES ON TOWER FOUNDATIONS –
GENERAL DESIGN CRITERIA – CHOICE AND TYPE OF FOUNDATIONS –
DESIGN PROCEDURES – STABILITY CONDITIONS – DESCRIPTION