Decoding eurocode 7

Decoding Eurocode 7 provides a detailed examination of Eurocode 7 Parts 1 and 2 and an overview of the associated European and International standards. The detail of the code is set out in summary tables and diagrams, with extensive. Fully annotated worked examples demonstrate how to apply it to real designs. Flow diagrams explain how reliability is introduced into design and mind maps gather related information into a coherent framework.

Written by authors who specialise in lecturing on the subject, Decoding Eurocode 7 explains the key principles and application rules of Eurocode 7 in a logical and simple manner. Invaluable for practitioners, as well as for high-level students and researchers working in geotechnical fields.

Author Notes

Andrew Bond is a UK delegate on the main Eurocode 7 committee (CEN TC250/SC7), Vice-Chairman of the European Technical Committee on Eurocode 7 Implementation, and co-author of the BSI's Extracts from the Structural Eurocodes for Students of Structural Design. He is a director of Geocentrix and Geomantix.

Andrew Harris is a director of Geomantix and Senior Lecturer at Kingston University, specializing in consultancy, training, and education in geotechnical engineering. He is a co-author of the BSI's Extracts from the Structural Eurocodes for Students of Structural Design.

About the authors	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Prologue	p. 1
Construction Products Directive 89/106/CE	p. 1
Scope of the book	p. 2
Key features of the book	p. 3
Outline of the book	p. 3
Further information	p. 6
Notes and references	p. 6
1 The Structural Eurocodes	p. 7
1.1 The Structural Eurocode programme	p. 7
1.2 The wider landscape	p. 11
1.3 Standards organizations	p. 14
1.4 Summary of key points	p. 21
1.5 Notes and references	p. 21
2 Basis of structural design	p. 25
2.1 Contents of the Eurocode	p. 25
2.2 Requirements	p. 26
2.3 Assumptions	p. 29
2.4 Principles and Application Rules	p. 29
2.5 Principles of limit state design	p. 29
2.6 Design situations	p. 30
2.7 Ultimate limit states	p. 32
2.8 Serviceability limit states	p. 35
2.9 Actions, combinations, and effects	p. 36
2.10 Material properties and resistance	p. 44
2.11 Geometrical data	p. 49
2.12 Structural analysis and design by testing	p. 50
2.13 Verification by the partial factor method	p. 50
2.14 Summary of key points	p. 54
2.15 Worked examples	p. 55
2.16 Notes and references	p. 68
3 General rules for geotechnical design	p. 71
3.1 Scope of Eurocode 7 Part 1	p. 71
3.2 Design requirements	p. 73
3.3 Limit states	p. 77
3.4 Actions and design situations	p. 78
3.5 Design and construction considerations	p. 85
3.6 Geotechnical design	p. 86
3.7 Supervision, monitoring, and maintenance	p. 89
3.8 The Geotechnical Design Report	p. 92
3.9 Summary of key points	p. 93
3.10 Notes and references	p. 94
4 Ground investigation and testing	p. 95
4.1 Standards for geotechnical investigation and testing	p. 95
4.2 Planning ground investigations	p. 97
4.3 Identification and classification of soil	p. 101
4.4 Identification and classification of rock	p. 104
4.5 Soil and rock sampling	p. 106
4.6 Groundwater measurements	p. 109
4.7 Field tests in soil and rock	p. 110
4.8 Laboratory tests in soil and rock	p. 114
4.9 Testing of geotechnical structures	p. 117
4.10 Summary of key points	p. 117
4.11 Worked examples	p. 117
4.12 Notes and references	p. 125
5 Ground characterization	p. 129
5.1 From test results to design	p. 129
5.2 Deriving geotechnical parameters	p. 129
5.3 Obtaining the characteristic value	p. 135
5.4 Case studies selecting characteristic values	p. 143
5.5 Statistical methods for ground characterization	p. 151
5.6 Summary of key points	p. 158
5.7 Worked examples	p. 159
5.8 Notes and references	p. 170
6 Verification of strength	p. 173
6.1 Basis of design	p. 173
6.2 Introducing reliability into the design	p. 177
6.3 Design approaches	p. 184
6.4 Alternative ways of dealing with design uncertainty	p. 197
6.5 Summary of key points	p. 199
6.6 Notes and references	p. 200
7 Verification of stability	p. 201
7.1 Basis of design	p. 201
7.2 Introducing reliability into the design	p. 202
7.3 Loss of static equilibrium	p. 206
7.4 Uplift	p. 210
7.5 Hydraulic failure	p. 215
7.6 Summary of key points	p. 220
7.7 Worked examples	p. 220
7.8 Notes and references	p. 251
8 Verification of serviceability	p. 253
8.1 Basis of design	p. 253
8.2 Introducing reliability into the design	p. 256
8.3 Simplified verification of serviceability	p. 258
8.4 Methods to determine settlement	p. 260
8.5 Summary of key points	p. 261
8.6 Worked examples	p. 261
8.7 Notes and references	p. 261
9 Design of slopes and embankments	p. 263
9.1 Ground investigation for slopes and embankments	p. 263
9.2 Design situations and limit states	p. 264
9.3 Basis of design	p. 265
9.4 Stability of an infinitely long slope	p. 265
9.5 Stability of a finite slope (based on method of slices)	p. 272
9.6 Supervision, monitoring, and maintenance	p. 278
9.7 Summary of key points	p. 278
9.8 Worked examples	p. 279
9.9 Notes and references	p. 304
10 Design of footings	p. 305
10.1 Ground investigation for footings	p. 305
10.2 Design situations and limit states	p. 306
10.3 Basis of design	p. 307
10.4 Footings subject to vertical actions	p. 308
10.5 Footings subject to horizontal actions	p. 315
10.6 Design for serviceability	p. 321
10.7 Structural design	p. 323
10.8 Supervision, monitoring, and maintenance	p. 323
10.9 Summary of key points	p. 324
10.10 Worked examples	p. 324
10.11 Notes and references	p. 351
11 Design of gravity walls	p. 353
11.1 Ground investigation for gravity walls	p. 353
11.2 Design situations and limit states	p. 354
11.3 Basis of design	p. 355
11.4 Reinforced concrete walls	p. 359
11.5 Mass gravity walls	p. 365
11.6 Reinforced fill structures	p. 368
11.7 Design for serviceability	p. 368
11.8 Structural design	p. 369
11.9 Supervision, monitoring, and maintenance	p. 369
11.10 Summary of key points	p. 370
11.11 Worked examples	p. 370
11.12 Notes and references	p. 397
12 Design of embedded walls	p. 399
12.1 Ground investigation for embedded walls	p. 399
12.2 Design situations and limit states	p. 401
12.3 Basis of design	p. 402
12.4 Limiting equilibrium methods	p. 407
12.5 Soil-structure interaction analysis	p. 418
12.6 Design for serviceability	p. 422
12.7 Structural design	p. 424
12.8 Supervision, monitoring, and maintenance	p. 424
12.9 Summary of key points	p. 424
12.10 Worked examples	p. 425
12.11 Notes and references	p. 440
13 Design of piles	p. 443
13.1 Ground investigation for piles	p. 443
13.2 Design situations and limit states	p. 444
13.3 Basis of design	p. 445
13.4 Piles subject to compression	p. 449
13.5 Piles subject to tension	p. 452
13.6 Piles subject to transverse actions	p. 454
13.7 Introducing reliability into the design of piles	p. 454
13.8 Design by calculation	p. 464
13.9 Design by testing	p. 465
13.10 Traditional design	p. 468
13.11 Changes made in the UK National Annex	p. 470
13.12 Supervision, monitoring, and maintenance	p. 474
13.13 Summary of key points	p. 475
13.14 Worked examples	p. 475
13.15 Notes and references	p. 507
14 Design of anchorages	p. 509
14.1 Ground investigation for anchorages	p. 510
14.2 Design situations and limit states	p. 510
14.3 Basis of design	p. 510
14.4 Anchorage tests	p. 513
14.5 Pull-out resistance from tests	p. 517
14.6 Pull-out resistance by calculation	p. 520
14.7 Summary of key points	p. 520
14.8 Worked example	p. 520
14.9 Notes and references	p. 526
15 Execution of geotechnical works	p. 529
15.1 The work of CEN TC 288	p. 529
15.2 Piles	p. 530
15.3 Walls and steep slopes	p. 537
15.4 Ground improvement	p. 545
15.5 Future developments	p. 554
15.6 Summary of key points	p. 554
15.7 Notes and references	p. 555
16 Geotechnical reports	p. 557
16.1 Introduction	p. 557
16.2 Geotechnical investigation and testing reports	p. 558
16.3 Ground Investigation Report	p. 561
16.4 Geotechnical Design Report	p. 563
16.5 Comparison with existing practice	p. 565
16.6 Who writes what?	p. 568
16.7 Summary of key points	p. 570
16.8 Notes and references	p. 571
Epilogue	p. 573
Reaction to the Eurocodes	p. 573
Dissemination	p. 575
Looking ahead	p. 576
Conclusion	p. 576
Appendix 1 Slope stability design charts	p. 577
Appendix 2 Earth pressure coefficients	p. 581
Appendix 3 Notes on the worked example	p. 589
Index	p. 591

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