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Current Pile Foundation Practice In Taiwan ? Synopsis
By Za-Chieh Moh
This paper presents a summary of the current pile foundation practice in Taiwan. Constructions of driven piles, drilled shafts, and barrette foundations are reviewed. This paper also briefly summarize
Jan 1, 1996
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Augered Cast-in-Place Pile Manual, Second Edition, 2003
The development of Augered Cast-In-Place (ACIP) piles started in the late 1940's when several projects were performed by Intrusion-Prepakt, Inc. utilizing various techniques to place the piling.
Jan 1, 2003
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Regulations Of Construction Vibrations
By Mark R. Svinkin
Regulations are needed to keep construction vibrations in tolerable limits. The existing regulations were developed for low-rise residential structures, but they are incorrectly used for different sup
Jan 1, 2006
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A Study Of Three Test Sites Comparing Theoretical Ultimate Pile Capacities, Static Pile Load Tests, And Psuedo Static Pile Load Test Results
By Richard D. Short
The Pseudo Static Pile Load Test, PLT, is a rapid method for determining pile capacity. Pile design is usually based on theoretical calculations of ultimate load capacity using soil data from a field
Jan 1, 2000
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Technical Aspects And Research In Downdrag
By Jean-Louis Briaud
The following is a summary of a very recent report prepared at Texas A&M University for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program and entitled "Downdrag on Bitumen Coated Piles". Anytime the
Jan 1, 1989
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High Capacity Drilled Cast-In-Place Piles, House Of Representatives Building, Lansing, Michigan - Summary
By Robert C. Rabeler
Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME) has utilized drilled cast-in-place (D-CIP) piles on a number of projects in the midwest. These foundation systems have typically consisted of drilling an 8 to
Jan 1, 1999
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Interlocking Caisson Walls
By William E. Lardner
Interlocking caisson walls developed from conventional "soldier pile and lagging" shoring. In the latter, the soldier piles receive directly most of the soil load. Natural arches form in the soil behi
Jan 1, 1987
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Drilled Shaft Foundations For The KcICON Missouri River Bridge
By Paul J. Axtell
The design-build delivery system is being used to erect the landmark Christopher Bond Bridge as part of the kcICON project. The cable-stayed bridge is currently under construction and will span the M
Jan 1, 2009
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Site Management Towards Pile Execution At Qurashiya Bridge
By Emad W. Shublaq
Contractual site plans are implemented for executing pile foundations (5 x 5) at segmental concrete bridge. Project schedule demands have forced the contractor to find out the most economical procedur
Jan 1, 1992
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Caltrans Bridge Seismic Design/Retrofit Criteria ? Synopsis
By Brian Maroney
In this paper an overview of the California Department of Transportation's (CALTRANS) bridge design criteria is presented. Special emphasis is focused upon seismic design and retrofit criteria. T
Jan 1, 1993
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Resonant Driving of Sheet Piles: High Production Sheet Pile Driving With Zero Ground Vibration
By Mathew Janes
"Sheet piles remain an economic solution to many shoring problems. However, installation of sheet piling suffers high noise and vibration with conventional impact or vibratory methods or low productio
Jan 1, 2014
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Piling Projects Constructed With Vinyl Polymer Support Fluid In Glasgow, Scotland
By Derek J. Lennon
Ground conditions in central Glasgow generally comprise loose granular deposits overlying stiffer soils. CFA piling would normally be preferred for urban sites in these ground conditions, but flightin
Jan 1, 2006
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Soil-Cement Columns For Building Foundations
By Osamu Taki
The development of new auger bits for soil cement column drilling equipment has made it possible to create a homogeneous mixture of soil and cement-reagent slurry. As a result, soil-cement columns are
Jan 1, 1992
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Excerpts From Drilled Shafts: Construction Procedures And Design Methods - General Approach
By L. C. Reese
? Good construction and inspection presumed. ? Capacity-computation factors are independent of construction method. ? To account for variable or uncertain site conditions, anticipated construc
Jan 1, 1988
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Performance Of A Large Diameter Drilled Pier
By A. J. Partos
One Liberty Place, at 315 m is the tallest building in Philadelphia, PA USA. It is supported on drilled piers socketed in heterogeneous rock. 3832 kN/m2 end bearing and 383 to 766 kN/m2 shaft resistan
Jan 1, 1989
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Experimental And Theoritical Studies On Pile Capacity - Synopsis
By K. Rambha Devi
The paper is an attempt to co-relate the findings of pile capacity using a number of formula suggested by various authors with the actual field load test results. Five locations consisting of wholly s
Jan 1, 1996
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Comparison Of Static Pile Analyses And Load Test Results
By Alan B. Wagner
Data from seven instrumented pile load tests in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and two other instrumented load tests reported in the literature, one in Evanston, Illinois and one in Houston, Texas were reviewed
Jan 1, 1991
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Site Solutions For The Pisa Tower Remediation - 1 - Introduction
By Paolo Heiniger
The aim of this paper is to present the operative solutions devised and then adopted to implement the underexcavation (soil extraction) of the Tower of Pisa, by means of soil extraction. The inter
Jan 1, 2000
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High-Capacity Rock Anchors Provide Uplift Resistance For Concrete-Filled Steel Pipe Piles - A Case Study
By James Weaver
During the past 16 years, the authors have successfully used high-capacity rock anchors installed inside open-ended pipe piles, driven to bedrock, to provide uplift and overturning resistance for vari
Jan 1, 2011
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Time-Dependent Bond Regain In Driven Piles In Permafrost ? Synopsis
By B. Ladanyi
The design philosophies for piles in unfrozen and frozen soils are compared, and their similarities and differences are underlined. It is shown that in frozen soils, the long term behavior of a pile i
Jan 1, 2010