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  • DFI
    Design and Construction of Mixed Ground Working Platform for a CCR Surface Impoundment

    By Juan M. Pestana, Jeremy M. Gasser, Cuneyt Gokmen, Paul J. Sabatini, William Tanner, Daniel J. Woeste

    An access pathway and working platform were designed and constructed for equipment access for a Deep Soil Mixing (DSM) pilot study over a coal combustion residual (CCR) surface impoundment (SI). The D

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Baum Station – A New Pile Driving and Drilling Navigation System

    By Dzianis Proshchanka, Yoshi Izumi, Koji Mitani, Ayuna Kitaura

    "A new pile driving and drilling navigation system has been developed. It utilizes the commonly used surveying total station, combined with an innovative reticle. Conventional crosshairs have been rep

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Caveat Emptor Or A Buyer's Guide To Pile Integrity Testing - Introduction

    By Joram M. Amir

    During recent years, the integrity testing of piles has made considerable progress. With the availability of portable and powerful computers, practically all integrity testing equipment is now digital

    Jan 1, 1999

  • DFI
    Principles and Soil Mixing Examples of Portland Cement-Based Solidification/Stabilization Treatment

    By Charles M. Wilk

    "Solidification/stabilization (S/S) treatment is used to treat hazardous wastes for disposal and in the remediation/site restoration of contaminated land . SIS is also an increasingly popular technolo

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    Ground Improvement Using Stone Columns To Mitigate Liquefaction, Reduce Settlements And To Increase Safe Bearing Capacity Of In-Situ Soils – A Case Study

    By Venkata Krishnaiah Yeddala, Sai Vivek Adari, Suresh Kumar Velugu

    Assam cancer care foundation (ACCF) proposed the construction of hospitals and related facilities across 18 locations in the state of Assam-India. Tezpur is one among the 18 locations of Assam with hi

    Nov 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Ground Improvement for New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 14A: A Case Study

    By Sarah Ramp, Daniel V. Cacciola, Justin Labrozzi, Shafiq I. Siddiqui, Faisal Ahmed

    "Construction of embankments up to 34 ft in height for twelve ramps and roadways needed for the New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 14A project required ground improvement. The subsurface conditions, cons

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Pile Lateral Behaviour under Full Scale Lateral Load Tests in Thick Compacted Marine Carbonate Sand Fill of an Artifical Island

    By Challa Venkata Rami Reddy, Anindya Roy, G. R. Konni

    This paper presents the results of pile lateral capacities obtained from both conventional design and fullscale pile lateral load tests. Conventional design using P-Y curve analysis is very commonly b

    Sep 8, 2021

  • DFI
    Simplifying the Design of Laterally Loaded Piles for Waterfront Structures

    By Amanda R. Parry, Chris R. Pray

    Predicting and modeling the soil structure interaction of laterally loaded piles with significant unbraced lengths is one of the challenges faced in designing many waterfront structures. Designers of

    Sep 8, 2021

  • DFI
    Three-Dimensional (3D) Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM) Comparative Study of a Landslide Case Study Supported with Piles

    By Terence Ma, Seok hyeon Chai, Jeff Lam, Thamer Yacoub, Brigid Cami, Sina Javankhoshdel

    The Limit Equilibrium (LE) analysis of pile-supported geotechnical structures normally assumes a constant shear force for the pile instead of considering the non-linear capacity of the pile which is r

    Sep 8, 2021

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Use of Vibro-Replacement Stone Columns for Ground Improvement and Support of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall

    By Pancho J. Garza, Keith H. Dahlen, Chris A. Labye

    "Design for reconstruction of the East Flagstaff traffic interchange project located in Flagstaff, Arizona posed particular challenges. The proposed design included construction of a nearly 50-foot ta

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Determination Of Thermal Conductivity Of Coarse-Grained Soils

    By Madhu. P, Srinivas. K

    Measurement of thermal properties like thermal conductivity, thermal resistivity, heat capacity and thermal diffusivity for materials, it plays a crucial role in a wide range of various civil and elec

    Sep 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Ground-Supported Working Platforms For Tracked Plants And Mobile Cranes – Investigations Of Intercaction Effects

    By Moritz Schleeh, Christian Moormann

    Temporary working platforms are generally required in order to ensure that heavy construction machinery such as drilling and trench wall units, pile drivers, vehicle and crawler cranes can be set up s

    May 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Discussion of Differences in Design Methodology between Granular and Grouted Inclusions

    By Brandon Buschmeier, Frederic Masse

    "Inclusions are a type of ground improvement that provide an improvement of a soil mass by insertion of a material with better characteristics than the surrounding soils. There are primarily two types

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Augered Pile World Record Depth within a Soil Mix Basement

    By Andres M. Baquerizo, Jeremiah J. Filjones, Nicholas Feldt

    The Estates at Acqualina located in Sunny Isles Beach, FL, is comprised of two, ocean-front, 50-story, luxury towers with podiums and villas. With city regulations now requesting that above-grade floo

    Jan 1, 2019

  • DFI
    Session 32 "Grout Mixtures and Materials 3"

    By Lois G. Schwarz

    I did a project (Sungai Piah) as a consultant to your firm in Malaysia, where we were faced with a similar situation as sketched out in your question. The following is what we did for the grouting of

    Feb 10, 2003

  • DFI
    Seismic Response of Raft Foundations Supported on Aggregate Piers (f3188351-761b-458f-b00c-1bcc1cb9cf93)

    By Alper Turan, Hesham El Naggar

    "The use of aggregate pier foundation systems has become widespread as the engineering practice moves towards cost-effective ground improvement solutions that provide accelerated construction schedule

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Seismic Response Of Raft Foundations Supported On Aggregate Piers

    By Alper Turan

    The use of aggregate pier foundation systems has become widespread as the engineering practice moves towards cost-effective ground improvement solutions that provide accelerated construction schedules

  • DFI
    Mobilised Shear Strength on the Failure Surface of 2D Belled Anchor Model Piles under Uplift in Cohesionless Soil

    By Tanaya Deb, Sujit Kumar Pal

    "Experimental investigations are carried out on failure pattern around 2D models of belled anchor piles in dry sand bed of density 15.60 kN/m3 under uplift. The models are having thickness ratio (Ts/T

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    How Well Do Helical Piles Resist Earthquakes as Foundation Systems? WHERE TO GO FROM HERE?

    By Amy B. Cerato, Shawn Allred, Tatiana Vargas

    "Helical piles are deep foundation elements that resemble, and are installed like, a large steel soil screw — they have a slender steel shaft with one or more round helix bearing plates welded to the

    Jan 1, 2017