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Technical Note - Simplified Settlement Model For A Shallow Foundation On Composite Ground With Rigid Piles
By Timothy C. Siegel
A piled raft refers to a shallow foundation that is structurally connected to the piles, while composite ground refers to a soil-pile matrix where the piles are not structurally connected. The design
Jan 1, 2011
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120 Years of Caisson Foundations in Chicago
By Robert E. Schock, Eric J. Risberg
"Less than 20,000 years ago, the last of the glaciers retreated from the Chicago region. They left behind sheets of glacial clay till underlain by dense, over-consolidated till (“hardpan”) below which
Jan 1, 2016
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Simulation of Soil Plug Effects in Open Steel Pipe Piles Considering the Complex Soil-Structure-Interaction during Installation
By Johannes Labenski, Christian Moormann, Johannes Aschrafi
"Open steel pipe piles are used for various applications in costal engineering, port structures and increasingly important for offshore structures. During the installation of open steel pipe piles the
Jan 1, 2017
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Optimization of Design of Drilled Shaft Foundations by Lateral Load Testing (94ee84ca-5eda-40d1-bba2-d7742a925002)
By Donald R. Clark
"Drilled shafts are being used as foundation support for parabolic solar troughs at the Genesis Solar Project being constructed near Blythe, California. Three types of drilled shaft foundations are re
Jan 1, 2017
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Optimization Of Design Of Drilled Shaft Foundations By Lateral Load Testing
By Donald R. Clark
Drilled shafts are being used as foundation support for parabolic solar troughs at the Genesis Solar Project being constructed near Blythe, California. Three types of drilled shaft foundations are re
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Alternative Binder For Ground Improvement To Reduce Co2 Footprint
By Brandon M. Robinson, Osman F. Besler, Dominik Gaechter
The Sandbukta-Moss-Såstad (SMS) project is a part of the Intercity development project, which is part of the largest transport project in Norway, consisting of 270 km of new double-track rail. The SMS
May 1, 2022
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Design and Construction of Driven H-Piles for Landslide Stabilization in Marlboro Clay
By Charbel Khoury, Kwabena Ofori-Awuah, Kofi B. Acheampong
"Following heavy rains in spring of 2014, Prince George’s County officials issued a mandatory evacuation for homes in the Piscataway Hills subdivision of Fort Washington, Maryland where a landslide al
Jan 1, 2017
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A Case Study On Underreamed Piles ? Synopsis
By Rajesh Minda
160 numbers of double bulb underreamed piles were constructed based on the safe loads specified in IS code at Tripura. The pile load tests yielded a much lower capacity. A detailed investigation work
Jan 1, 1996
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Designing Piles for Seismic Events
By H G. Poulos
"This paper sets out a simplified approach by which the practical foundation designer can undertake the relevant calculations to satisfy the requirements for deep foundation design in seismic areas. T
Jan 1, 1900
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Oldie But Goldie – Bi-Directionally Tested Foundation Piles With Base Enlargement As A Smart And Economical Alternative To Conventional Piles At Geneva, Switzerland
By Dipl. -Ing. (FH) Thomas Schmitt, Dr. Melvin England
Foundations in Geneva are difficult and expensive due a large overlayer of clay and silt above competent bearing material in the moraine. Common foundation schemes use deep barrettes or bored piles, f
May 1, 2022
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Advances in Desaturation of Sandy Soil to Mitigate the Liquefaction Hazard
By Dhanaji S. Chavan, Thallak G. Sitharam
"It is well known that sites comprising of saturated loose sand undergoes large deformations, due to liquefaction, during seismic shaking. To cope with this, different mitigation techniques such as vi
Jan 1, 2017
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Case Study of Deep Mix Pile Supported Diaphragm Wall for a Stilling Basin Structure in Malaysia
By Chandrasegaran, Tamilmani
"This paper describes a case study of a retaining wall structure using a diaphragm wall to construct a stilling basin at Tanjung Bin T4 power plant in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The stilling basin is part
Jan 1, 2015
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The Importance Of Tension Softening (Of Concrete) In Modelling Of Tension Piles
By Qingwei Joshua Ong
Tension piles, also known as uplift or anchor piles, are necessary to resist uplift forces that might cause structural distress. In excavation projects, most uplift forces are developed because of hyd
Nov 1, 2022
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Effectiveness of Head-Enlarged CDM Columns in Evaluating Settlement of Improved Grounds
By Y. M. Ha, T. D. Nguyen, D. T. Nguyen, H. K. Choi
Conventionally, cement deep mixing (CDM) columns are designed to have constant diameters over the improved depth as this facilitates the construction procedures. However, this design pattern may be in
Jan 1, 2019
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Technical Note - Hollow Threaded Rebar For Cross Hole Sonic Logging Access Tubes Combined With Longitudinal Concrete Reinforcing In Drilled Shafts
By Josef K. Alter
Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) of drilled shafts requires 1.5-in (38-mm) or 2-in (51-mm) I.D. sonic access tubes to be installed inside the steel reinforcement cage. The sonic access tubes do not contr
Jan 1, 2011
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Davison Freeway Reconstruction Utilizes Design/Build Retaining Walls
By Thomas C. Anderson
Thirty-four retaining walls are part of the $46 million upgrade of a 1942 depressed highway in Highland Park, Michigan near Detroit. This project will close a missing link between two newer roadways,
Jan 1, 1999
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Experimental Evaluation of Building Settlements Founded on Liquefiable Soils
By Ramin Motamed, Farshid Ghazavi, Joseph A. W. Toth
"Post-disaster reconnaissance of areas affected by earthquakes has documented extensive damage to buildings with shallow foundations located in liquefaction-prone areas. Currently, estimation of lique
Jan 1, 2016
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Seismic Analysis Of Drilled Shafts As Earth Retaining Structure Based On Site Characterization
By Bernardo J. Jiménez Vega, Edy L. T. Montalvan
During the last phase of the Circunvalacion Norte project in San Jose, Costa Rica, preliminary designs for an underpass structure of over 16 km (10 miles) considered drilled shafts as an earth retaini
Oct 1, 2022
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Systematic Laboratory And Field Study On The Shear Resistance Of The Soil-Concrete Interface Of Diaphragm Walls And Bored Piles
By Matthias Pulsfort, Jiarui Du, Torsten Wichtmann, Achim v. Blumenthal, Diethard König, Rowena Verst
The influence of the interaction between support fluid and soil, e.g., filter cake formation, on the shear stress transfer in the soil-concrete interface of diaphragm walls and bored piles is still co
May 1, 2022
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The Effects Of Changes In Effective Stress On A Base Grouted Pile In Sand
By V. M. Troughton
Large diameter bored piles with grouted bases have been adopted for the foundations of the majority of the buildings at Canary Wharf in London's Docklands, including a deep basement car park. The
Jan 1, 1989