Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations

Contents xvii

Shearing Stress Caused by Moving Concentrated

Load ......................................................................... 3.3

Strength of Deep Wooden Beams ........................................ 3.3

Design of a Wood-Plywood Beam ........................................ 3.4

Determining the Capacity of a Solid Column ....................... 3.6

Design of a Solid Wooden Column ...................................... 3.6

Investigation of a Spaced Column ........................................ 3.7

Compression on an Oblique Plane ....................................... 3.8

Design of a Notched Joint .................................................... 3.8

Allowable Lateral Load on Nails ........................................... 3.9

Capacity of Lag Screws ........................................................ 3.10

Design of a Bolted Splice ...................................................... 3.10

Investigation of a Timber-Connector Joint ........................... 3.11

Section 4. Soil Mechanics ............................................ 4.1

Soil Mechanics ...................................................................... 4.1

Composition of Soil ...................................................... 4.2

Specific Weight of Soil Mass ........................................ 4.3

Analysis of Quicksand Conditions ................................ 4.3

Measurement of Permeability by Falling-Head

Permeameter ..................................................... 4.4

Construction of Flow Net .............................................. 4.4

Soil Pressure Caused by Point Load ............................ 4.6

Vertical Force on Rectangular Area Caused by

Point Load .......................................................... 4.7

Vertical Pressure Caused by Rectangular Loading ...... 4.8

Appraisal of Shearing Capacity of Soil by

Unconfined Compression Test ........................... 4.8

Appraisal of Shearing Capacity of Soil by Triaxial

Compression Test .............................................. 4.10