Basics of Retaining Wall Design A Guide for the Practicing Engineer 8th Edition by Hugh Brooks ISBN 978-0976836407 0976836408
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ISBN 10: 0976836408
ISBN 13: 978-0976836407
Author: Hugh Brooks
Updated and expanded throughout, this new edition covers nearly every type of retaining strucutre: canilevered, counterfort, restrained (basement walls), gravity, segmental, sheet pile, soldier pile, and others. Current building code requirements are covered including IBC ’09, ACI 318-08, MSJC ’08, ASCE 7-05, CBC ’07, and AASHTO. Topics include: Types of retaining structures; soil properties and terminology; design of concrete and masonry walls, lateral earth pressure determinations; Rankine, Coulomb and EFP methods; surcharges; seismic design; stability; foundation design; pile and pier foundations; and swimming pool walls. Fourteen varied design examples. Comprehensive Appendix. 220 pages, 8-1/2×11 spiral bound.
Table of contents:
1. Why this Book?
2. About Retaining Walls; Terminology
3. Design Procedure Overview
4. Soil Mechanies Simplified
5. Building Codes and Retaining Walls
6. Forces on Retaining Walls
7. Earthquake (Seismic) Design
8. Cantilevered Stem Wall Design
9. Soil Bearing and Stability
10. Footing Design
11. Pier and Pile Foundations
12. Counterfort Retaining Walls
13. Cantilevered Tilt-up Walls
14. Gravity Walls
15. Gabion Walls
16. Segmental Retaining Walls
17. Swimming Pool Walls
18. Pilaster Masonry Walls
19. Restrained (Non-yielding) Walls
20. Sheet Pile Walls
21. Soldier Pile Walls
22. Why Retaining Walls Fail; Effective Fixes
23. Construction Topics and Caveats
24. Design Examples
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