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  • DFI
    Study Of Hammer Selection For Driven Steel Pipe Pile

    By Jiwei Duan

    The energy transferred from a hammer to the pile top is considered as the effective energy in this paper. The effective energy is related to the pile dimensions, soil and pile-soil interface propertie

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    LRFD and Its Implications for QC/QA of Deep Foundations

    By Bernard Hertlein, Chia K. Tan

    "The move to LRFD methods for structural design by AASHTO, ACI, AISC , ASCE, and the FHWA has been a major change for the American construction industry. The deep foundations industry has arguably bee

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    Effect Of Transverse Stresses On The Strength Of Steel Sheet Piling And Recommended Changes In Design Procedure

    By Richard J. Hartman

    Current design practice is to select steel sheet piling sections using sufficient section modulus and yield strength to resist the calculated bending moment. Thus, section modulus is the only property

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    New Possibilities for Quality Assurance of Diaphragm Wall Joints

    By Joram M. Amir, Ernst Niederleithinger, Nikolaus Schneider

    "Abstract: Diaphragm walls are used to provide a stable and watertight confinement for the construction of tunnels, underground railway stations, deep basements and other structures requiring deep exc

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Auger-Cast Piles Founded In Compressible Bearing Stratum

    By Alfred H. Brand

    New York City contains extensive deep deposits of glacial lake varved silt and clay, often overlain by organic soil. An 18 story building was proposed for Manhattan's upper East Side in one such

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    A Decade Of Concrete Embedded Walls In UK - Synopsis

    By Robert Fernie

    Demographics and Infrastructure demands have led to a significant increase in construction of: deep basements for buildings and, trough structures for Highway and Rail/Metro. Concrete embedded walls u

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Excavation Support At The Capitol Visitor Center In Washington DC

    By Harald Ludwig

    In 2002, excavation support work commenced on the Capitol Visitor Center project located adjacent to the nation?s Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The outlying work (Slurry Wall Work at Main Site

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Optimising the Compressive Behavior of Screw Piles in Sand for Marine Renewable Energy Applications

    By Andrew J. Brennan, Jonathan A. Knappett, Lewis Hamilton, Michael J. Brown

    "Abstract This paper investigates the compressive behaviour of screw piles in sands and the key design parameters which control this. These types of foundation elements have typically been used as scr

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Starsol Piles Foundation Of A Steel Structure At The San Martin De La Vega Resort Park (Madrid)

    By Claudio Olalla

    This paper relates to the foundation of a steel structure located at the San Martin de la Vega (Madrid) amusement park. The structure has more than 100 supports with various loading conditions, includ

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Use of Porous Concrete in Secant Bored Pile Walls

    By Matthias Pulsfort, Markus Herten, Rolf Breitenbücher, Claudia Fierenkothen

    "Secant bored pile walls are frequently used as retaining walls in watertight excavations to cut off ground water aquifers and are subsequently exposed to ground water pressure loading in addition to

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Information Construction Technology For Supported Excavation In Urban Construction

    By Sun Jiale

    This paper presents a brief description of information construction technology for supported excavation to assure satisfactory performance of engineered system. As a successful example of application

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    High Risk Control For Piling And Deep Foundations - A Systematic Approach

    By Martin van Staveren

    In today's rapid changing construction world, the business pressures on piling and deep foundations reach sky-high levels. Ever increasing complexity of construction projects do severely contribu

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Interstate 70 Construction Through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado - Glenwood Canyon Construction

    By Ray Schmahl

    The Glenwood Canyon is a 13 mile long river gorge formed by the Colorado River approximately 2 miles East of Glenwood Springs, Colorado and approximately 150 miles West of Denver Colorado, (See Drawin

    Jan 1, 1990

  • DFI
    Behavior Of Grouted Shaft Helical Anchors In Clay

    By Alan J. Lutenegger

    Some years ago, a method was developed to incorporate a grout column around square-shaft helical screw-piles and anchors to increase shaft buckling resistance under compression loading. An additional

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Execution And Evaluation Of High Capacity Caisson Load Tests In Glacial Deposits

    By Franklin M. Grynkewicz

    As part of the Boston Harbor clean up project, the new 1,000 mgd Deer Island Sewerage treatment plant includes ten 240 feet high egg-shaped "residuals" tanks. Contract documents called for these struc

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Short Comparison Of The Determination Of Allowable Loads Of Steel H-Piles Following The Practice Applied In Different European Countries - Synopsis

    By L. P. Weber

    During the years 1983-1987, a research programme, jointly performed by the steel producers ARBED, British Steel Corporation, Peine-Salzgitter, Unimetal, and co-sponsored by the European Community for

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Application Of Augered, Cast-In-Place Displacement (ACIPD) Piles In New York City

    By Willie M. NeSmith

    Conventional augered, cast-in-place (ACIP) piles were introduced into the New York City area as a result of the damage to existing structures caused by pile driving operations. ACIP piles are often sp

    Jan 1, 2004

  • DFI
    An Explosive Waterproofing Of A Riverbank - A Difficult Waterproofing Problem Solved By The Unique And Controversial Combination Of A Mining Technique (Blasting) And A Soil Improvement Technique (Jet-Grouting) - The Problem

    By M. Zanotto

    [ ] A period of heavy rains caused the river Adda to flood parts of the Valtellina, one of the Alpine valleys of Northern Italy. The exceptionally high waters put under considerable strain the whole

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Case History: Large Diameter Micropiles for the Highway 53 Relocation Project

    By Nathan W. Iverson, David S. Graham, Paul J. Axtell

    "The Highway 53 relocation project in Virginia, Minnesota, involves construction of a very tall bridge across a currently inactive iron ore mine pit. The inactive pit is partially flooded and serves a

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Railroad Bridge Approach Embankment Settlement Mitigation

    By Moi Arzamendi, Jose Ramirez, Kenneth Kniss, Sunil Arora, James Gingery

    Construction of a new approach embankment for a railroad bridge over a river in Southern California required placing up to 12 ft of fill over soft to medium stiff silts and clays along an approximate

    Jan 1, 2018