About the Design Aids
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement

This book, "Foundations for Industrial Crushing Mills" is written in the form of Design Aids primarily for practising engineers. The book shares the author's long experience on the subject and focuses on the physical understanding of dynamics applied to mill foundations. The book covers fundamentals necessary for understanding and evaluating dynamic response of mill foundations and lists out sequential steps that are needed for the design of MILL FOUNDATIONS with prime focus on achieving satisfactory performance of the Mill and all associated machinery for which the foundation is designed.

Besides the design philosophy, it covers modelling and analysis of the Mill- Foundation system with focus on i) Modelling of the Mill and the Foundation, ii) Besides Classical Methods, it addresses Various Analysis Techniques using Finite Element Methods and other Structural Design Methods. Precautions during Construction of the foundation are also briefly addressed.

It is the author's concerned observation that in most cases, due recognition of System Data viz. Machine data, Foundation data and Geo-technical data, is lacking. Further, the interaction between foundation designer and machine manufacturer is also found lacking. Such interaction is not only desirable but essential too and would definitely improve the performance of machine on as well as that of foundation.

It is considered implied that the designer shall take necessary help and guidance from geo-technical counterpart in selecting dynamic soil/ pile parameters for foundation design. It is anticipated that this book shall serve as a design tool for professionals engaged in the design of mill foundations. The author is confident that the book will be beneficial to Practising Engineers, Students, Academicians/ Researchers as well as to Industry.

The text is covered in Eight Chapters:

1. Chapter 1: Crushing Mills and their Foundations - An Overview
2. Chapter 2: Dynamics of Mill Foundations: It caters to the Theory of Vibration with specific application to Design of Mill Foundation and provides an understanding to the dynamics of mill foundations.
3. Chapter 3: Design Parameters: It covers Design Parameters covering Mill Parameters, Foundation Parameters and Geo-Technical Parameters, required for design of mill foundation.
4. Chapter 4: Modeling & Analysis: It covers all possible aspects of mathematical modeling and analysis including FE Modeling related to design of foundation. The modeling broadly covers machine, foundation and soil whereas analysis covers free and forced vibration.
5. Chapter 5: Design of Crushing Mill Foundation: It covers Design Methodic for mill foundation and provides a step-by-step approach for conducting the design of a mill foundation It addresses each design step in detail. For analysis, it covers ‘Finite Element Method (FEM) and ‘Structural Design & Analysis Methods (SDM)’ using commercially available packages.
6. Chapter 6: Foundation for a Real-life Crushing Mill Supported Directly over the Soil: It provides a step-by-step approach for conducting the design of a mill foundation supported over Soil. It addresses each Design Step for design of the foundation, in detail.
7. Chapter 7: Foundation for a Real-life Crushing Mill on Piles: It provides a step-by-step approach for conducting the design of a mill foundation supported over piles. It addresses each Design Step for design of the foundation, in detail.
8. Chapter 8: Construction Aspects: It addresses Construction Joints, Embedded Parts, Placing and Laying of Concrete, Grouting and anchor bolts.