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  • DFI
    Interpretation Of Full Scale Horizontal Pile Loading Tests In Sand Analysis Of P-Y Curves

    By Ali Bouafia

    Five full-scale horizontal loading tests of piles carried out by the LCPC in France are interpreted in order to analyse P-Y load-transfer curves. The experimental piles are either bored or jacked into

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Piled Raft System - Approximate Design Methods. - Synopsis

    By S. L. Karunakaran

    There are cases where it is found that a raft foundation would have adequate factor of safety against ultimate bearing capacity failure but the settlements would be excessive. Piles may be introduced

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    2022 OPA Winner: Mosul Dam Rehabilitation Project

    By Raffaella Granta

    Mosul Dam is an earth fill dam located on the Tigris River, approximately 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Mosul, Iraq. The construction of the dam was completed in 1984. It is one of the largest multipurpo

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Effects Of Environment On Deep Foundation Elements - Synopsis

    By Subhash B. Bhide

    Deep foundations are affected by the presence of sulphates, chlorides, organic contents and water currents present in the soil. The sulphates in soil and ground water interfere first with setting of c

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    Relevance Of Ryznar Index In Under Water Concrete - Synopsis

    By V. T. Ganpule

    The effect of Sulphate and Chloride is well understood by the engineers. Most of the codes stipulate permissible limits for sulphate and chloride content in groundwater. Relatively few reference are a

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    Making Expansion Possible: Mayo Clinic

    By Nathan Iverson, Allie Brady

    Located on rolling bluffs on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota, Rochester is the state's third largest city and is the home and birthplace of the renowned Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit a

    Jan 1, 2023

  • DFI
    Sheet Piling Bridge Abutments

    By Robert J. Carle

    This paper reviews a variety of highway structures which have been built using steel sheet piling as the permanent structural elements of bridge piers, abutments and wingwalls. Those structures built

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    Self-Drilling Micropiles

    By Matt Sotirin

    The Santa Fe train station and passenger rail platform were constructed in the downtown district of Fort Madison, Iowa, over a century ago. This landmark building and rail platform were in need of maj

    Oct 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Lateral Load Testing Of Pile Foundations

    By Anne Lemnitzer

    Full-Scale cyclic field testing was performed on a 3x3 pile group consisting of nine cast-in-drilled-hole (CIDH) reinforced concrete shafts and a comparable single-shaft in order to investigate group

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Negative Drag Reduction On Spliced Piles - An Insitu Study - Synopsis

    By Gopal Ranjan

    An insitu prtotype study on precast driven spliced piles in soft marine clay deposit has been carried out to study negative drag. The drag is generated by loading the ambient clay. For reduction in ne

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV Specialty Foundation Work Under Extreme Conditions

    By Lawrence Piccagli

    This past spring of 2006, BENCOR installed the concrete reinforced diaphragm walls for the COSMOPOLITAN RESORT & CASINO in Las Vegas, Nevada. The project highlights include the excavation of approx. 3

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    The Underwater Cut-Off At The Walter F. George Dam

    By Gianfranco Di Cicco

    Seepage problems were recorded for more then 40 years at the Walter F. George lock and dam. In 2001 the Mobile district of The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers turned to the installation of a 200 feet dee

    Jan 1, 2013

  • DFI
    Micropiles In Soft Florida Limestone

    By James D. Hussin

    The Florida limestone is a relatively soft rock which presents many challenges to engineers when designing deep foundations. One alternative is micropiles which have grown significantly from their ear

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Field Tests Of Soft Clay Stabilized By Stone Columns In Coastal Areas In China (325b7cc0-aff5-4a88-9f69-cd3dc2f57f1d)

    By Han Jie

    The results of full scale plate load tests on stone columns on soft clay in coastal areas are presented in this paper. Four load tests were made, two of which were performed on the ground treated with

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Behavior Of Friction Piles In Soft Clays

    By Safwan Labanieh

    An experimental set-up is specially designed to study the behavior of a friction pile of 3 cm diameter in contact with the soft clay of Mexico City in a small calibration chamber (CC) of 30 cm diamete

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    The Realities Of Resolving Conflicts During Construction ? Synopsis

    By J. S. Ward

    In a well-written set of contract documents, the probability of conflicts arising during the course of construction is minimized. However, no matter how complete may be the technical language in the c

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    The Monroe St. Viaduct: A Case History Of MSE Vibro-Concrete Column Supported Embankment

    By Paul J. Lewis

    Replacement of the Monroe Street Viaduct in southwest Baltimore City, Maryland included transforming 240 feet of the south approach from a pile-supported multi-span bridge to a mechanically stabilized

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Mobilisation Of Skin Friction In Bored Piles In Hong Kong ? Introduction

    By R. A. Fraser

    Large diameter (1.0 to 2.5m) bored piles have been widely used to support buildings and elevated roadways in Hong Kong. Most of these piles are founded on a hard bearing stratum such as granitic or vo

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Performance Of Bituminous Coats In Reducing Negative Skin Friction

    By Makarand G. Khare

    Though the phenomenon of dragload is known for many decades, there is a lack of clear guidelines to evaluate the amount of dragload. The development of dragload depends on relative movement between pi

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Centrifuge Modeling Of Axial Failure Of Helical Piles In Cohesive Soils

    By Richard Schmidt, Lijun Deng, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Weidong Li

    Helical piles are widely used as a foundation supporting a variety of different structures. Understanding the axial behaviour of helical piles is required to confirm the engineering design. Helical pi