NCHRP Synthesis 360:

Rock-Socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations

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Publication Year:2006

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John Turner; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 360: Rock-Socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations explores current practices pertaining to each step of the design process, along with the limitations; identifies emerging and promising technologies; examines the principal challenges in ...
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Front Matter	i-ix
Summary	1-1	(skim)
Scope and Objectives	2-2	(skim)
Organization of Synthesis	3-3	(skim)
Design Process	4-6	(skim)
Site Geology	7-8	(skim)
Field Investigations	9-14	(skim)
Geologic and Index Properties of Rock	15-18	(skim)
Engineering Properties of Rock	19-27	(skim)
Intermediate Geomaterials	28-29	(skim)
Summary	30-31	(skim)
Load Transfer Behavior of Rock Sockets	32-35	(skim)
Capacity Under Axial Loading	36-45	(skim)
Axial Load-Displacement Behavior	46-49	(skim)
Current AASHTO Practice	50-50	(skim)
Summary	51-52	(skim)
Rock-Socketed Foundations for Lateral Loading	53-53	(skim)
Analytical Methods	54-64	(skim)
Structural Issues	65-68	(skim)
Summary	69-69	(skim)
Construction of Rock Sockets	70-72	(skim)
Field Load Testing	73-86	(skim)
Constructability, Inspection, and Quality Assurance	87-91	(skim)
Examples of Difficult Geologic Conditions	92-93	(skim)
Summary	94-95	(skim)
Site and Geomaterial Characterization	96-96	(skim)
Design for Axial Load	97-97	(skim)
Constructability and Inspection	98-98	(skim)
Research Needed to Advance State of Practice	99-100	(skim)
Equation Symbols	101-102	(skim)
References	103-108	(skim)
Appendix A - Survey Respondents	109-109	(skim)
Appendix B - Survey Questionnaire and Responses	110-135	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	136-136	(skim)

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 360: Rock-Socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations explores current practices pertaining to each step of the design process, along with the limitations; identifies emerging and promising technologies; examines the principal challenges in advancing the state of the practice; and investigates future developments and potential improvements in the use and design of rock-socketed shafts.

NCHRP Synthesis 360:

Rock-Socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations

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