Publisher's Synopsis
Pile foundation created a revolution ever since its inception in professional practices in the seventies. However, since then, its design methods basically have been developed by different persons in their own way, either by common sense or by using laws of mechanics. Since pile foundation is being used now on many projects, it is necessary to guide the engineering fraternity on its design in a simple way. Now piles, when provided in a series, serve as a retaining wall also. These are called soldier piles, secant piles or contiguous piles; and if soil nailing technique is not used for underground constructions, then contiguous piles provide a good substitute to sheet piles. Another offshoot to conventional RCC pile is stone column or granular pile.
