Underpinning and Retention. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, S. Thorburn, G.S. Littlejohn.
• Editors: Thorburn, S; Littlejohn, G. S
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contributors; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 General description; 1.1.1 Conversion works; 1 .I .2 Protection works; 1 .I .3 Rernedial works; 1.2 Investigatory works; 1.3 Serviceability limits; 1.4 Litigation; 1.5 Historical background; References and further reading; 2 Traditional methods of support; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Shoring; 2.2.1 Raking shores; 2.2.2 Flying shores; 2.2.3 Needles and dead shores; 2.3 Simple underpinning; 2.4 Case study; Acknowledgement; References; 3 Conventional piles in underpinning 3.1 Connecting piles to the structure3.2 Conventional piles; 3.3 Designing piles; 3.3.1 Assessment of ground and groundwater conditions; 3.3.2 Quality and costs of investigations; 3.3.3 Interpretation of ground and groundwater conditions; 3.3.4 Examples of adverse ground and groundwater conditions; 3.3.5 Estimation of pile bearing capacity; 3.3.6 Piles in particular soil and rock types; 3.3.7 Piles in cohesive soils; 3.3.8 Piles in granular soils; 3.3.9 Piles in weak rocks; 3.3.10 Piles founded on strong rocks; References; 4 'Pali radice' structures 4.1 Underpinning by means of conventional piles4.2 Underpinning by means of pushed-into-the-ground piles; 4.3 'Pali radice'; 4.3.1 The technology of a pa10 radice; 4.3.2 The performance of pali radice; 4.3.3 The service load of a palo radice; 4.3.4 The 'safety factor' of a pali radice underpinning; 4.3.5 The design of a pali radice underpinning: the ultimate loadof a palo radice; 4.4 Case histories of underpinning; 4.4.1 Venice (Italy): Tre Archi Bridge (XVII century); 4.4.2 Eure (France) : monumental church of Tourny ( X V century); 4.4.3 Ghent (Belgium) : 'Het Toreken' building (XV century) 4.4.4 Derby (UK): St. Mary's Bridge4.4.5 Trapani (Italy) : Pepoli Museum (XIV century); 4.4.6 Florence (Italy): the underpinning of the Ponte Vecchio; 4.5 Reticulated pali radice (RPR); 4.5.1 Reticulated pali radice structures; 4.5.2 The strengthening of the ground in urban areas; 4.5.3 The problem of landslides; 4.5.4 The reticulated pali radice structure as a reinjorced soil basement; 4.5.5 Reticulated pali radice for consolidation of damaged tunnels; 4.6 The advantages of a reticulated pali radice structure; 4.6.1 Model tests on reticulated pali radice 4.6.2 Full-scale tests carried out on reticulated pali radice4.6.3 The reticulated pali radice structure from the physical point of view; 4.6.4 The design of'a reticulated pali radice structure; 4.6.5 The design of a reticulatedpali radice structure-conclusions; 4.7 The problem of stability of a tower; 4.7.1 The Burano Bell Tower, Venice, Italy (XVI century); 4.7.2 The strengthening of the Al-Hadba Minaret, Mosul, Iraq(XII century); 4.7.3 The Tower of Pisa; 4.8 Special case histories; 4.8.1 Adding new storeys to an existing building in Naples
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 624.15; Architecture -- Conservation and restoration; Foundations; Piling (Civil engineering); Architecture -- Conservation and restoration; Foundations; Piling (Civil engineering); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482269369; 1482269368
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