Basics of Retaining Wall Design, 8th Edition
Hugh Brooks, "Basics of Retaining Wall Design, 8th Edition"
English | ISBN: 0976836408 | 2010 | pages | PDF | 10 MB
English | ISBN: 0976836408 | 2010 | pages | PDF | 10 MB
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.