TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chandaria, Nayan (PT400217)
AU  - Patel, Devang (Guide)
TI  - Comparative study of different types of Pier Caps and Piers (Soft copy is also available)
U1  - SD TH-0243 
PY  - 2019///
N1  - CONTENTS
Declaration	i
Approval Certificate	iii
Acknowledgement	v
Abstract	vii
Table of Contents	ix
List of Table	xi
List of Figures	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
CHAPTER 1 Introduction	1
1.1	General	1
1.2	Super-Structure	1
1.3	Sub-Structure	1
1.4	Project Details	3
1.5	Objectives	5
1.6	Scope of Work	5
CHAPTER 2 Literature Review	7
CHAPTER 3 Detailed Methodology	9
3.1	Pier Cap	9
3.1.1	Moment in Pier Cap	10
3.1.2	Shear in Pier Cap	10
3.1.3	Torsion in Shear Cap	11
3.1.4	Live Load on Pier Cap	12
3.1.5	Effective Length	12
3.2	Pier	13
3.2.1	Dead Load	13
3.2.2	Super Imposed Dead Load	14
3.2.3	Wearing Coat	14
3.2.4	Live Load	14
3.2.5	Seismic Load	16
3.2.6	Wind Load	18
3.2.7	Water Current	20
3.2.8	Buoyancy force	22
3.2.9	Bearing Friction	22
3.2.10	Loads at the time of Construction	22
3.2.11	Load Combinations	23
3.3	Design Methodology	25
3.3.1	Limit state design	25
3.3.1.1	Limit state of Flexure	26
3.3.1.2	Limit state of Induced Deformation	26
3.3.1.3	Limit State of Bending and Axial Force	28
3.3.1.4	Limit State of Shear	30
3.3.1.5	Limit State of Torsion	30
3.3.1.6	Limit State of Serviceability	32
3.3.2	Design of Corbel	33
CHAPTER 4 Results and Observations	35
4.1	Forces acting on the Piers	35
4.2	Forces acting on the Pier Cap	37
4.3	Quantity comparison	39
CHAPTER 5 Conclusion	41
References	43
Annexures
(Excels of Different Piers and Pier Caps)
Drawings
(General Arrangement Drawings of Pier and Pier Cap)
(Detailing of different Piers and Pier Caps)

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