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  • DFI
    A Study On Performance Of Piles Based On Methods Of Installation

    By Babu K. V., Samyukta P.

    The energy demand in India is expected to show increasing growth in the next few decades. The oil companies in India are revamping the existing oil refineries as well as constructing new refineries ac

    Sep 1, 2022

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    Innovative Driven Pile Solution for the Rhode Island Route 6/10 Interchange Project

    By Seth H. Hamblin, Leo J. Hart, John E. Regan

    The Route 6 /10 10 Interchange Design/Build project, located in Providence, Rhode Island, involves the design and construction of five (5) new elevated bridge structures to replace and reconfigure the

    Jan 1, 2019

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    Remediation Of Rail Structures Impacted By Landslides Using Sleeved Bored Piles

    By Paul Hewitt, Aaron Rastall

    The New South Wales South Coast rail corridor is key infrastructure for both freight and passenger transport. Geomorphological and geological evidence suggests that land instability has been widesprea

    Nov 1, 2022

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    Numerical Study On Uplift Capacity Of Helical Pile Embedded In Clay

    By Muttharam M, Karthick Kumar V

    Helical piles foundation systems have been extensively used in engineering application. It is commonly adopted to resist the compression, uplift force, overturning moment and lateral forces. Helical p

    Nov 1, 2022

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    Presentation #5 - The High-Strain Dynamic Load Test (Drop Weight Test) - Contents

    By Frank Rausche

    Why testing What tests can be done Dynamic load testing Loading device Measurements Analysis Examples

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Deep Compaction Using Vibratory Pile Hammers

    By Dennis Nottingham

    The need for deep compaction of submerged granular soils has led to improvements in this area. In 1971, L.B. Foster Company personnel patented a method of deep compaction using a vibratory pile hammer

    Jan 1, 2013

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    Case History: Comparison of CSL Results to Physical Observations

    By David S. Graham, Paul J. Axtell

    Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) non-destructive integrity testing identified anomalous readings near the base of a 6.5-foot diameter drilled shaft rock socket. The anomaly was confirmed to be a defect b

    Jan 1, 2019

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    Dynamic Pile Monitoring For Offshore Pile Acceptance

    By Scott Webster

    Dynamic pile Monitoring Services (DMS) have been used for testing of offshore piles for several decades. However, most of this testing was to measure hammer performance and pile stresses rather than

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Load-Deformation Based Design of Deep Mixing for Supporting MSE Walls at Kitimat LNG, BC

    By Randy R. Williams, Brian W. Wilson, George M. Filz, Marina S. W. Li

    "Detailed design of an extensive deep mixing (DM) scheme using the Cutter Soil Mixing (CSM) technique was completed for foundation support of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls for Kitimat Liqu

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Micropiles in an Urban Setting – TBTA Verrazano Narrows Bridge HOV/BUS Ramps, Brooklyn, NY and Nysdot Kosciuszko Bridge Replacement, Brooklyn, NY

    By M. D. Riegel, Brian T. Felber

    "Construction of foundation elements in an urban environment is often complicated by multiple constraints such as existing foundations, utility conflicts, maintenance and protection of traffic on high

    Jan 1, 2016

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    Construction of Cooling Water Intake Shafts for the Oak Creek Expansion Project, Oak Creek, Wisconsin

    By Edward Jacobsen

    The Oak Creek Power Plant in Oak Creek, Wisconsin is currently undertaking an expansion project. In order to supply cooling water to this facility, a 27' (8.2m) diameter tunnel will be bored, in

    May 11, 2007

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    Indicator Pile Program at Port of Oakland, California

    By Partha Sircar

    "For Berth 22 modifications at the Port of Oakland, nearly 600 octagonal 24-inch ‘diameter’ precast-prestressed concrete piles were driven, some piles over 160 feet long. Prior to production pile driv

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Analytically Modelling Dst Arrival Time Databases With High Order Polynomials For Optimal High Resolution Imaging

    By Gerald Verbeek, Erick Baziw

    Downhole Seismic Testing (DST) is an extensively utilized geotechnical tool for site characterization. DST provides low strain (<10-5) in-situ interval shear and compression wave velocity estimates. T

    Oct 1, 2022

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    Piling Adjacent To Rail Tunnels At King’S Cross Central

    By David A. Hart, Barry P. Osborn, Richard J. Totty, Ana T. Carvalho, Max B. Elliott

    This paper addresses the experience designing and installing bored piles for the King’s Cross area. This includes continuous flight auger and rotary bored piles, with a range of diameters between 600

    May 1, 2022

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    Helical Piles Performance In Golestan Loess Deposits Via Fullscale And Physical Modeling Testings

    By Abolfazl Eslami, Fatemeh Rostami, Sara Heidarie Golafzani, Mohammad Arabameri

    Collapsible loess is classified as problematic soil found in most continents. The loess immediately collapses under stresses induced by axial compressive loading or the soil weight when exposed to moi

    Oct 1, 2022

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    St. Louis Service Base Floating Wharf Mooring System Replacement

    By A. Bozorgzadeh, B. M. Jensen, B. N. Koelling, B. R. Murtaugh

    "The Service Base mooring system originally consisted of two general types of structures, 19 timber piles cabled together and steel three-legged pipe piles. The St. Louis District fleet moored to the

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Design and Construction of the Deepest Base Grouted Bored Piles at Moorehouse in London

    By Adam Pickles, Duncan Nicholson, Richard E. Prust, Hoe C. Yeow

    "Moorhouse is founded on what at the time of construction were the deepest base grouted piles ever installed in London, specifically designed to accommodate settlement from the proposed development of

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Foundation Behaviour Of A Large HS-Train Viaduct After 4 Years' Operation

    By Michel Bustamante

    The Arbre viaduct, 200 metres long, is the most important structure on the Belgian portion of the High Speed Train line between Paris and Brussels. The particular geotechnical conditions of the soil w

    Jan 1, 2002

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    2D Analysis Of The Seismic Behavior Of Inclined Micropiles

    By Seyyed Mehdi Radeghi Mehrjou

    The current work investigates the behavior of inclined micropiles under seismic loads. The dynamic finite element method (FEM) was employed. Rayleigh damping was applied to the soil, and elastic beam

    Sep 1, 2022