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.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2006. Rock-Socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13975.
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Front Matter | i-vii | |
Summary | 1-1 | |
Chapter One - Introduction | 2-6 | |
Chapter Two - Site and Geomaterial Characterization | 7-31 | |
Chapter Three - Design for Axial Loading | 32-52 | |
Chapter Four - Design for Lateral Loading | 53-69 | |
Chapter Five - Construction and Field Testing | 70-95 | |
Chapter Six - Conclusions | 96-100 | |
Equation Symbols | 101-102 | |
References | 103-108 | |
Appendix A - Survey Respondents | 109-109 | |
Appendix B - Survey Questionnaire and Responses | 110-135 | |
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications | 136-136 |
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