5.1 Introduction 5.2 Stress due to a concentrated load 5.3 Stress due to a circular loaded area 5.4 Stress below a rectangular area 5.5 Average stress increase due to a rectangularly loaded 5.6 Stress increase under an embankment 5.9 Elastic settlement of foundations on saturated clay (m = 0.5) 5.10 Settlement based on theory of elasticity

10.4 Design of various components of a braced cut 10.5 Case studies of braced cuts 10.6 Bottom heave of a cut in clay 10.7 Stability of the bottom of a cut in sand 10.8 Lateral yielding of sheet piles and ground settlement

11.3 Estimating pile length 11.4 Installation of piles 11.5 Load transfer mechanism 11.6 Equations for estimating pile capacity 11.7 Meyerhof’s method for estimating Qp 11.8 Vesic’s method for estimating Qp

11.17 Pile-driving formula 11.19 Negative skin friction

6.1 Introduction 6.2 Combined footings 6.3 Common types of mat foundations 6.5 Differential settlement of mat 6.6 Field settlement observations for mat foundations 6.7 Compensated foundations

2.11 Subsurface Exploration 2.12 Subsurface Exploration Program 2.13 Exploratory borings in the field 2.14 Procedures for sampling soil 2.15 Split-spoon (barrel) sampling

11.12 Frictional (skin) resistance in clay 11.13 Point bearing capacity of piles resting on rock 11.14 Pile load test 11.15 Elastic settlement of piles

11.7 Meyerhof’s method for estimating Qp 11.8 Vesic’s method for estimating Qp 11.9 Coyle and Castello’s method for estimating Qp in sand 11.10 Correlations for calculating Qp with SPT and CPT results 11.11 Frictional resistance (Qs) in sand

11.2 Types of (driven) piles – according to materials

11.1 Introduction