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  • DFI
    A System with Local Strain for Studying Shear Modulus Degradation of Cement Treated Clay with Fibers

    By Min Sunn Ye, Wei Wang, Huawen Xiao, Kai Yao, Fook Hou Lee, Siang Huat Goh

    "Previous research have shown that introducing fibers to cement soil mixture is effective in improving the ductility as well as maintaining the strength of cement-treated soil. A good knowledge of sti

    Jan 1, 1900

  • DFI
    A Review Low Strain Integrity Testing Practices In India And Complexities Involved In Evaluation Of Test Results

    By RavikiranVaidya, Vishal Dhamecha

    Low Strain Pile Integrity Testing has been used in India since 1990’s and several have tried to demonstrate the utility and benefits of this method. However, use of this technology was limited till 19

    Sep 1, 2022

  • DFI
    The World's Longest Directional Impact Driven Pile

    By Robert F. Stevens, Robin Givet, Kenneth Viking

    "Summary This paper describes a case of a directional pile installation conducted from an existing oil platform in the Caspian Sea, offshore Baku. Results are presented for 660 mm outer diameter (660

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Large Diameter Auger Cast Piles At Audi Field, Dc United's New Soccer Stadium

    By Christophe H. Locussol

    D.C. United, the professional soccer team located in Washington, D.C., completed a 20,000 seat capacity stadium in July 2018 named Audi Field. The project initially considered a foundation system cons

  • DFI
    Mixed-in-Place Cut-Off Walls Create Artificial Polders in the Netherlands

    By R. Gerritsen, Erwin de Jong, E. van der Velde, C. te Boekhorst

    "In recent years the market for Mixed-In-Place soil mix techniques in the Netherlands has been growing rapidly. Initially the technique was used to create cut-off walls near river dikes and as a vibra

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Deep Mixing Technology in Deep Excavation in Soft Soil Area of Shanghai

    By Jie-qun Zhai, Jian Jia, Ke Yang, Xiao-lin Xie, Yu Zhang

    "With cities’ development, underground space exploitation presents a need for bigger and deeper constructions now. Technical problems founded during the construction of deep foundation pit support bec

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Adjacent Top-Loaded Bi-Directional Test And Conventional Bidirectional Load Test Results – Site Ii

    By Patrick J. Hannigan, Seth Robertson, Rozbeh B. Moghaddam

    The Top-Loaded Bi-Directional Test (―TLBT‖) and the conventional Bi-Directional Load Test (―BDLT‖) are full-scale static load test methods. In both methods, the test loads are applied bi-directionally

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Marine Prefabricated Vertical Drains for the Craney Island Eastward Expansion (c2c7d75f-a035-4e5c-9df5-e768ce1a9e85)

    By Mohamed Mekkawy, William W. Wheaton, Ira Brotman

    "The Virginia Port Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are partnering to construct the Craney Island Eastward Expansion (CIEE) to meet the dual purpose of extending the life of Craney Islan

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Marine Prefabricated Vertical Drains For The Craney Island Eastward Expansion

    By Ira Brotman

    The Virginia Port Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are partnering to construct the Craney Island Eastward Expansion (CIEE) to meet the dual purpose of extending the life of Craney Island

  • DFI
    Sustainability: A Role for Blended Cements and Industrial Byproducts in Soil Mixing, Grouting, and Slurry Walls

    By Charles M. Wilk, Lori Tiefenthaler

    "Information presented in this paper can be used to support deep soil mixing, subsurface grouting and slurry wall technology as sustainable construction technologies. Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Dyna Force Sensors for Monitoring of Tension/Compression Forces in Ground Anchors & Piles

    By Shahid Islam, Lucian Bogdan

    "The maintenance of infrastructures has been of particular concern to the engineering community. As the world’s infrastructure expands and existing infrastructure ages, monitoring and evaluation of th

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    The Evolution of Augered Cast-in-Place Piles

    By Willie M. NeSmith, W. Morgan NeSmith, Alan Roach

    "In 2013, Augered Cast-in-Place (ACIP) piles are a mature foundation technology throughout the United States. General guidelines for the design and construction of ACIP piles are available along with

    Jan 1, 2013

  • DFI
    Geophysical Methods for Site Characterization for Marine Foundations (2dc87bb8-7bfd-4523-92cd-c3dfe612556c)

    By Richard E. Sylwester

    Evaluating surface and subsurface conditions for marine foundations (bridges, causeways, terminals, etc.) is often done with a limited amount of data. Subsurface information for these projects is prim

    May 11, 2007

  • DFI
    Deep-Sea Quay Wall for Offshore Wind Energy Terminal on Maasvlakte 2 Rotterdam – NL

    By Patrick van der Schaaf

    "During 2016, foundation piling works were completed to allow for the construction of a production and storage/handling terminal in Rotterdam. It is there that steel foundations will be produced for o

    Jan 1, 1900

  • DFI
    Role of Probabilistic Methods in Sustainable Geotechnical Levee Integrity Analysis

    By Juan M. Pestana-Nascimento, Robert G. Bea, Hamed Hamedifar, Emery M. Roe

    The current State-of-the-Practice is grounded heavily on deterministic characterization and assessment of the performance of civil engineering infrastructure. In particular, flood defense systems, suc

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Site Specific Study for Foundation Design of Iswar Gupta Bridge

    By Ambarish Ghosh, Chitralekha Ghatak, Tanumaya Mitra, Tarun Sengupta, Sajib Das, Sankar Kumar Nath

    "Currently construction of important structures like bridges, flyovers and high rise buildings in and around Kolkata are in full swing. These structures have mostly pile or well foundations. The desig

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Towards a Performance-Based Design of Drilled Shafts

    By Kam Ng

    For bridges or buildings that may be subjected to large vertical and lateral loads, drilled shafts offer an economic foundation solution. While the current drilled shaft design practice is considered

    Jan 1, 2013

  • DFI
    Session 24 "Compaction Grouting and Consensus Guide"

    By Richard Berry

    The spacing of grout injections is typically about 2 to 2 V½ meters if the purpose of the grouting is densification of the in-situ soils. Hole spacing will vary with the in-situ soil properties and th

    Feb 10, 2003

  • DFI
    Pile Driving Between the Amazonas and Xingu Rivers in the Tucuruí-Manaus Transmission Line – Lessons Learned and Solutions Found for a Challenging Project

    By José Carlos do Amaral, Marcelo Groszownik, Jorge Beim

    "Initiated in 2008, the project of this 1800 km long Electrical Transmission Line is a job of extreme technical complexity, crossing regions of major forests and rivers. When ready, it will allow the

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Atlantic Wharf: Redevelopment Of A Historic Site On Boston's Waterfront

    By Lee S. Vanzler

    Atlantic Wharf involved the construction of a six-level underground parking garage and a 32-story high rise tower along the historic Boston Harbor waterfront. The site, historically known as ?Russia W

    Jan 1, 2011