Foundations On Rock: Second Edition

Foundations on Rock Second edition Foundations on Rock Duncan C.Wyllie Principal, Golder Associates, Consulting Engineers Vancouver, Canada With a Foreword by Richard E.Goodman Professor of Geological Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA Second edition E & FN SPON An imprint of Routledge London and New York First edition published 1992 by E & FN Spon, an imprint of Chapman & Hall Second edition published 1999 by E & FN Spon, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” E & FN Spon is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 1992, 1999 Duncan C.Wyllie All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. The right of Duncan C.Wyllie to be identified as the author of this publication has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-47767-7 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-78591-6 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-419-23210-9 (Print Edition) Contents 1 1.1 Foreword to first edition xiv Introduction xv Introduction to first edition xvii Notation xix Note xxi Characteristics of rock foundations 1 Types of rock foundation 1 1.1.1 Spread footings 2 1.1.2 Socketed piers 3 1.1.3 Tension foundations 3 1.2 Performance of foundations on rock 4 1.2.1 Settlement and bearing capacity failures 4 1.2.2 Creep 5 1.2.3 Block failure 5 1.2.4 Failure of socketed piers and tension anchors 6 1.2.5 Influence of geological structure 7 1.2.6 Excavation methods 7 1.2.7 Reinforcement 7 1.3