本书是根据美国Joseph E Bowles所著的《Foundation Analysts And Design》一书的第5版缩编而成。原书正文共分为20章。其中，属于土力学、专节介绍计算机程序运用和与我国高等院校《基础工程》教材内容无关或关系不大的内容皆被删除，本书保留了11章。在内容编排上，保持了原版书的风格并与我国高等院校通用的《基础工程》教材内容保持一致。因此，可作为高等院校土木工程以及相关专业本科生、研究生《基础工程》双语教材，亦可供从事基础工程设计、估价、管理、研究的专业人员参考使用。

本书是根据美国Joseph E Bowles所著的《Foundation Analysts And Design》一书的第5版缩编而成。原书正文共分为20章。其中，属于土力学、专节介绍计算机程序运用和与我国高等院校《基础工程》教材内容无关或关系不大的内容皆被删除，本书保留了11章。在内容编排上，保持了原版书的风格并与我国高等院校通用的《基础工程》教材内容保持一致。因此，可作为高等院校土木工程以及相关专业本科生、研究生《基础工程》双语教材，亦可供从事基础工程设计、估价、管理、研究的专业人员参考使用。

本书承续前4版的风格，提供了目前有关基础工程工艺(SOA)和实践(SOP)的若干方法，包括最新的基础工程设计与分析的方法：不仅注意理论知识的阐述、紧密结合实际工程的设计与分析，而且强调了计算机和有限元法(FEM)在基础工程中的应用和工程实践中的普及。

1 Introduction

1．1 Foundations：Their Importance and Purpose

1．2 Foundation Engineering

1．3 Foundation：Classifications and Select Definitions

1．4 Foundation：General Requirements

1．5 Foundation：Additional Considerations

1．6 Foundations：Selection of Type

1．7 The International System of Units(SI)and the Foot—Pound—Second f Fps)System

1．8 Computational Accuracy Versus Design Precision

1．9 Computer Programs in Foundation Analysis and Design

2 Bearing Capacity of Foundations

2．1 Introduction

2．2 Bearing Capacity for Footings on Layered Soils

2．3 Beating Capacity of Footings on Slopes

2．4 Bearing Capacity from Field Load Tests

2．5 Safety Factors in Foundation Design

2．6 Beating Capacity of Rock

Problems

3 Improving Site Soils for Foundation Use

3．1 Introduction

3．2 Lightweight and Structural Fills

3．3 Compaction

3．4 Soil—Cement，Lime，and Fly Ash

3．5 Precompression to Improve Site Soils

3．6 Drainage Using Sand Blankets and Drains

3．7 Sand Columns to Increase Soil Stiflfness

3．8 Stone Columns

3．9 Soil Cement Piles／Columns

3．10 Jet Grouting

3．11 Foundation Grouting and Chemical Stabilization

3．12 Vibratory Methods to Increase Soil Density

3．13 Use of Geotextiles to Improve Soil

3．14 Almfing Groundwater Conditions

Problems

4 Factors to Consider in Foundation Design

4．1 Footing Depth and Spacing

4．2 Displaced Soil Effects

4．3 Net Versus Gross Soil Pressure：Design Soil Pressures

4．4 Erosion Problems for Structures Adjacent to Flowing Water

4．5 Corrosion Promction

4．6 Water Table F1uctuation

4．7 Foundations in Sand and Silt Deposits

4．8 Foundations on Loess and Other Collapsible Soils

4．9 Foundations on Unsaturated Soils Subject to Volume Change with Change in Water Content

4．10 Foundations on Clays and Clayey Silts

4．11 Foundations on Residual Soils

4．12 Foundations on Sanitary Landfill Sites

4．13 Frost Depth and Foundations on Permafrost

4．14 Environmental Considerations

Problems

5 Spread Footing Design

5．1 Footings：Classification and Purpose

5．2 Allowable Soil Pressures in Spread Footing Design 

5．3 Assumptions Used in Footing Design 

5．4 Rectangular Footings 

5．5 Eccentrically Loaded Spread Footings 

5．6 Unsymmetrical Footings 

5．7 Wall Footings and Footings for Residential Construction 

Problems 

6 Special Footings and Beams on Elastic Foundations 

6．1 Introduction 

6．2 Rectangular Combined Footings

6．3 Design of Trapezoid—Shaped Footings

6．4 Design of Strap(or Cantilever)Footings

6．5 Modulus of Subgrade Reaction

6．6 Classical Solution of Beam on E1astic Foundation

Problems

7 Mat Foundations

7．1 Introduction  

7．2 Types of Mat Foundations

7．3 Bearing Capacity of Mat Foundations

7．4 Mat Settlements

7．5 Modulus of Subgrade Reaction k，for Mats and Hates

7．6 Design of Mat Foundations

Problems

8 Mechanically Stabilized Earth and Concrete Retaining Walls

8．1 Introduction

8．2 Mechanically Reinforced Earth Walls

8．3 Design of Reinforced Earth Walls

8．4 Concrete Retaining Walls

8．5 Cantilever Retaining Walls

8．6 Wall Stability

8．7 Wall Joints

8．8 Wall Drainage

8．9 Soil Properties for Retaining Walls

8．10 General Considerations in Concrete Retaining Wall Design

8．11 Allowable Bearing Capacity

8．12 Wall Settlements

8．13 Cantilever Retaining Wall Examples

PrOblems

9 Sheet-Pile Walls：Cantilevered and Anchored

9．1 Introduction

9．2 Types and Materials Used for Sheetpiling

9．3 S0il Properties for Sheet—Pile Walls

9．4 Stability Numbers for Sheet—Pile Walls

9．5 Anchor Rods Wales and Anchorages for Sheetpiling

9．6 Overall Wall Stability and Safety Factors

Problems

10 Single Piles--Static Capacity and Lateral Loads；Pile／Pole Buckling

10．1 Introduction

10．2 Concrete Piles

10．3 Steel Piles

10．4 Corrosion of Steel Piles

10．5 Soil Properties for Static Pile Capacity

10．6 Static Pile Capacity

10．7 Pile Settlements

10．8 Static Pile Capacity：Examples

10．9 Static Pile Capacity Using Load—Transfer Load—Test Data

10．10 Tension Piles--Piles for Resisting Uplift

10．11 Larally Loaded Piles

10．12 Laterally Loaded Pile Examples

Problems

11 Pile Foundations：Groups

11．1 Single Piles Versus Pile Groups

11．2 Vertically Loaded Pile Groups

11．3 Efficiency of Pile Groups

11．4 Stresses on Underlying Strata from Piles

11．5 Settlements of Pile Groups

11．6 Pile Caps

11．7 Batter Piles

11．8 Negative Skin Friction

11．9 Laterally Loaded Pile Groups

11．10 Pile Cap Design by Computer

Problems

Appendix A

GENERAL PILE—DATA AND PILE HAMMER TABLES

References