Download or read book Piles and Pile Foundations written by Carlo Viggiani and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Piled foundations are generally designed using empirical methods, in particular the traditional capacity based approach on which the majority of codes of practice are based. However in recent years the analysis of pile groups and piled rafts has undergone substantial development in the light of new research and the mechanisms for the interactions b