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  • DFI
    Pile Test Results - 1-15 Corridor Reconstruction Project, Salt Lake City, Utah (Abstract Only) - DFI Member Conference - Seattle, 1998

    By D. M. Holloway

    As a part of the 1-15 Reconstruction Project, static and dynamic (high-strain) testing methods formed the basis to estimate long-term axial capacities, and to assess the magnitudes of bearing capacity

    Jan 1, 1998

  • DFI
    Settlement Behaviour Of Pile Foundation ? Synopsis

    By W. Y. Xu

    In comparison with shallow foundation, usually higher bearing capacity, smaller average settlement and better stability are the engineering characteristics of pile foundation. Besides, a smaller diffe

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Local Use And Design Of Augered, Cast-In-Place Piles In The Southern Piedmont Province ? Introduction

    By Geoffrey C. Hebner

    Augered, cast-in-place piles (ACIP) have become a very common foundation type in Atlanta and the Southern Piedmont Province as well as much of the United States in the past 20 years. Prior to the intr

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    History And Present Status Of Piles And Their Installation In The United States - Expanded From A Presentation At The Deep Foundations Institute Annual Meeting Williamsburg, Virginia, December 1982

    By Hal W. Hunt

    Steel and concrete piles and power-actuated hammers have developed almost entirely within the past 100 years. Prior to that time, piles were mostly timber, driven with a drop hammer or a maul. The Eng

    Jan 1, 1984

  • DFI
    The Advantages Of Arbitration - I. Arbitration Defined

    By John B. Tieder

    Arbitration is a legally recognized alternate litigation for the resolution of civil disputes. The parties agree, either before or after a dispute arises, to submit that dispute to an independent thir

    Jan 1, 1988

  • DFI
    A New Method Of Analysis Of Pile Displacement In Soil With Respect To Time

    By M. England

    A method for the analysis and prediction of single pile displacement behaviour is described. It is the displacement in time, under constant load, based on the use of hyperbolic functions to characteri

    Jan 1, 1993

  • DFI
    In Luxembourg-Walferdange 2 Problems Concerning The Geodynamic Motions Of The Planet Earth Are Studied Since 1963 - A) The Earth Tides

    By experience we know about the natural event of ocean-tides. In geophysics we say that the earth-tides phenomenon is the elastico-viscous response of the earth's body to the attraction potential

    Jan 1, 1987

  • DFI
    Capacity Of Driven Piles In Sand

    By Mohab Sabry

    Pile foundations are used extensively around the world to support both inland and offshore structures, including important structures such as nuclear plants and oil drilling platforms. The limit of th

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    State Of The Art In Double Rotary Drilling - Experience Gained From Practice

    By Markus Schönit

    Double rotary drilling combines continuous flight auger drilling with a casing for producing a cast-in-place pile. When producing a pile an outer casing and an auger (hollow auger) rotating inside

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Dynamic Analysis Of Follower Driven Piles For The Venice Flood Gate Project

    By Frank Rausche

    Without doubt, driven piles are the most economical deep foundation element for a nearshore environment, providing for high bearing capacities and stiffness, quick installation times, assured quality

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Installation Of Augered Cast-In-Place Piles - Equipment (1ca07ced-58e8-4100-8369-c2eebb984ebc)

    ? Hollow Stem Auger ? Drill Bits ? Leads/Torque Arm ? Hydraulic Gearbox ? Hydraulic Power Unit ? Grout Pump ? Crawler Crane

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Deep Excavation In The Shanghai Soft Clay Under Protection Of A Cast-In-Situ Retaining Wall ? Synopsis

    By M. Pernot

    A 12 m-deep excavation has to be perfomed in the Shanghai soft clay to install an underground electric substation. This article was originally intended to study the behaviour of the wall, the excavati

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Geojet®-Turbojet® - A Deep Mixing Method For The Solution Of Geotechnical Problems

    By Maurizio Siepi

    The realisation of most of the civil engineering works is subordinate to the execution of consolidation works, in order to improve the soil physical-mechanics characteristics. The works classifiable w

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Prediction And Calculation Of Construction Vibrations - Summary:

    By Mark R. Svinkin

    Construction-induced vibrations may be detrimental to adjacent structures and sensitive electronics operating nearby. Construction vibration sources have a wide range of energy and velocity, as a func

    Jan 1, 1999

  • DFI
    The Design And Formation Of Bored Displacement Piles - A United Kingdom Perspective

    By David J. Baxter

    Use of bored displacement piles has experienced significant growth in the UK piling market sector, largely due to their environmental advantages over other piling methods and through cost benefits. Bo

    Jan 1, 2006

  • 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
    Characteristics And Application Of Soil Reinforcement By Jet Grouting ? Synopsis

    By J. W. Wang

    This article first explains the mechanism of forming strength in the Jet grouting reinforced foundation, and points out the function of cement hydrates and clay minerals in clayey soil, the reinforced

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Diaphragm Walls And Barrettes For Top-Down Construction: A Project Report

    By Bjöm Böhle

    Top-down construction (or cut and cover construction) is providing important advantages when comparing with conventional construction techniques for commercial developments with deep basements, underg

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    The Settlements Of Buildings On Pile Foundations

    By Mait Mets

    In Estonia, the deformations monitoring of 1500 buildings are currently under investigation, buildings on pile foundations make up 10 per cent of these. In the following text we will be considering th

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Economical Piling In Soft Soils And Expansive Clays

    By D. Mohan

    Soft to medium dense silty and clayey soils are found in many parts of India and conventional friction piles have normally been used for foundations of high rise buildings and other structures on such

    Jan 1, 1989