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  • DFI
    Measuring The Soil-Structure Interaction Of Laterally Loaded Piles

    By Muhannad T. Suleiman

    The design of deep foundations supporting heavy buildings, bridges, transmission lines, and highway structures, is governed by lateral loads in many cases. However, due to the use of empirical or semi

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Jacked Tunnel Construction

    "Boston’s Central Artery passes beneath nine active railroad tracks carrying commuter and Amtrak trains into South Station, the City's busiest rail terminal. These railroad operations had to remain in

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Ground Improvement Resulting From Installation Of Drilled Displacement Piles

    By Timothy C. Siegel

    Drilled displacement piles (also known as augered cast-in-place displacement piles or augured, pressure grouted displacement piles) are installed by the displacement of soil and subsequent placement o

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Practice Of Arranging Drilling Piles In Subsiding Grounds

    By Vladimir M. Korolev

    The field studies conducted at the experimental-production sites allowed to develop the technology of arranging drilling piles in loess subsiding grounds over 25 m deep and over 250 mm in diameter, to

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    A Realistic Approach Toward Stray Current Induced Corrosion Affecting Steel Sheet Piling

    By Anne Fagot

    Because of the risk of corrosion caused by stray currents, steel foundations and steel sheet piling are generally prohibited in the vicinity of railway structures. Steel solutions are only accepted if

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    The Practical Application Of Pile Reuse At Bow Bells House, City Of London

    By Justin Phillips

    The redevelopment of Bow Bells House in London has thrown up a number of challenges that will increasingly be faced by developers of congested sites. In the context of pile reuse this paper examin

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    A Case Study In Hand-Dug Caissons ? Synopsis

    Caissons hand dug to a depth of about 100 feet were used to underpin three important structures at an industrial site in the State of Utah. The caisson shafts extended through 30 to 40 feet of coarse,

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Engineering Practice Of Ground Improvement ? Introduction

    By H. R. Taber

    The extensive subject area "Engineering Practice of Ground Improvement" will be treated within the limitations of space and the writer on the basis of personal practice and experience?largely in North

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Design Of Drilled Shaft Supported Mat Moscow Towers

    By Issa S. Oweis

    Two Towers are currently under construction in Central Moscow in the Russian Federation. Building A is a 96 story tower and Building B is a 65 story tower. The columns in both structures bear on a t

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Soil Mixing Evolution in San Francisco

    By Rob Jameson

    "San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality." So said Paul Kantner of the local '60s icons, Jefferson Airplane, and his words have still held true. The rate, scale and complexity of recent

    Jul 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Full Scale Loading Tests Of NF Pile ? Synopsis

    By M. Nomura

    This paper describes the results and field measurements of two long-term observation tests and two short-term loading tests to confirm the effectiveness of NF piles in reducing negative skin friction.

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    The Effects Of A Direct Electrical Current On The a Value Of Metallic Piles In Clay - Synopsis

    By Stephen T. Bloomer

    The application of a direct current electrical potential between a metallic pile and a fine grained soil results in an almost instantaneous change in the magnitude of the forces acting on the pile.

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    Effects Of Pile Driving In Saturated Soft Clay ? Synopsis

    By R. L. Wei

    The disturbing influences of pile driving on the surrounding soil mass, including the induced vibration, pore pressure and displacement of soil, were observed during the construction of pile foundatio

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Cement Deep Mixing in Lach Huyen Port Infrastructure Construction Project in Northern Vietnam

    By Masakazu Takano, Koji Suzuki, Naotoshi Shinkawa

    "Cement deep mixing (CDM) method successfully applied to a marine construction project in northern Vietnam is reported. The method is classified as wet method, in which cement slurry is injected into

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Geophysical Investigations Enhance Geologic Characterization In Support Of Pile Foundation Program

    By Mario Carnevale, Myles Danforth, Michael Oakland

    The cost and overall effectiveness of foundation design depends on a robust characterization of the subsurface geologic setting. It is common practice to formulate deep foundation design from subsurfa

  • DFI
    Application Of Large Diameter Pile Foundations To Factory Building

    By Wang Mingshu

    The pile foundation is a kind of advanced foundations in the filled or soft soil. In this paper, through the actural engineering of coal dressing plant of Western Opencast Coal in Fushun built on the

    Jan 1, 1991

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    Jobsite Safety Inspection Checklist

    By Sam Messina

    [Project: Job Number: Date: Superintendent: Person Making Inspection: Note: The following checklist shall be used on a regular basis as an overall assessment of the jobsite. The checklist

    Jan 1, 1998

  • DFI
    Piles Lateral Force Capacity

    By Naim Noori Samie

    Lateral force rsistance of piles is analytically investigated by dividing the pile length to 3 segments. The first segment (Zone I) models the load eccentricity with respect to the soil and the pile-d

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    Underpinning A Deep Foundation ? A Case History ? Synopsis

    By M. Soranzo

    This paper presents a restoration operation of the load-bearing capacities of a deep foundation which did not satisfy the original design conditions. The operation was preceded by a series of tests ca

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    The Theory Of The Expansion Of Cavities Applied To Pile Installation ? Synopsis

    By D. A. Ponniah

    The installation of a pile is considered analogous to the expansion of a cylindrical cavity of a diameter equal to that of the pile. Using Vesic's theory of the expansion of cavities the effect o

    Jan 1, 1987