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  • DFI
    Application Of Deep Foundation Structures To Great Bridges In Vietnam

    By Cau T. Bui

    Thanks to Doi-moi (renovation) policy, many great bridges were constructed in Vietnam to meet demands of her booming economy in the recent decade and deep foundation structures were the only alternati

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Innovation In South East Asia - Synopsis

    By Brian Littlechild

    Whilst there is much innovative work being undertaken in South East Asia in the space allowed in this paper we have settled on describing in more detail the work that has been done with shaft grouting

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    The Effects Of Heating And Cooling Energy Piles Under Working Load At Lambeth College, UK

    By Tony Amis

    There is very limited information relating to the potential impact of temperature cycles, outside the variation that occurs naturally, on the behaviour of foundation piles. Such thermal loading occurs

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    JFKIA - Post Grouted Drilled Shafts And Driven Piles - Update - Synopsis

    By Walter G. Brusey

    This paper describes a comprehensive pile test program conducted at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFKIA) to evaluate pile types and design capacities ranging from 890 to 4450 KN (100 to 500 t

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Time Effect Of Bearing Behavior Of Bored Pile Group In Un-Saturated Silty Soil ? Synopsis

    By J. L. Liu

    Long-term maintained load test on the bored pile group in unsaturated silty soil has been carried out. And the research on the time effects of bearing behavior of pile group has been done by the metho

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Construction Induced Vibration during Sheet Pile and Pile Driving in Deep Excavation

    By Ambarish Ghosh, Subhaprasad Chakraborty

    "Construction of basement floors has become necessary to meet the requirement of parking in office and residential complexes and in hospitals for radiotherapy treatment. Important projects coming up i

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Assessing the Applicability of Thermal Response Testing to Energy Piles

    By C. Guney Olgun, Fleur Loveridge, Tracy Brettmann, William Powrie

    "Abstract Deep foundations are increasingly being used, not just to carry structural loads, but also to act as heat exchangers as part of a ground source heat pump system. Such foundations, often call

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Dynamic Characterization Of Drilled Shafts On Doremus Avenue Bridge

    By Martina Balic

    Dynamic properties of the drilled shaft foundations supporting Doremus Avenue Bridge were determined by forced vibration testing. The main objectives of the substructure testing at Doremus Avenue Brid

    Jan 1, 2004

  • DFI
    Design And Analysis Of Cooling Tower Pile Foundations

    By Michael W. Oakland

    This paper summarizes the analysis and design of a pile foundation system for two 400 ft. diameter, 500 ft. high cooling tower using a detailed finite element analysis package. The cooling towers are

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Micro-Biological Attack On Deep Foundation Concrete

    By Piotr D. Moncarz

    As major urban areas begin to run out of "good-terrain" for their expansion, they begin to claim high water-table areas within or adjacent to water fronts or swamps. Similarly, major infrastructure pr

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Skin Friction Of Excavated Piles In Weathered Granite - Synopsis

    By K. K. S. Ho

    In Hong Kong the design of excavated piles in weathered granite has conventionally been based on a rule-of-thumb which relates the allowable base bearing capacity to the SPT N value, with no allowance

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    Load Tests Of Bored Piles In Weathered Bedrock

    By James C. Scott

    Compression and tension load testing were performed on bored concrete piles installed to depths of 18 to 34 meters below excavation levels for a large mixed-use development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

    Jan 1, 2007

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    A General Formula To Determine The Allowable Pile Bearing Capacity In Case Of Negative Skin Friction ? Summary

    By Cornelis Van Der Veen

    Foundation piles, partly passing through unconsolidated compressible layers, suffer a downward drag that is called negative skin friction. The negative skin friction depends on the movement of the sur

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    The Micropile Network: Practice Precedes Theory

    By Gary M. Weinstein

    Micropiles have seen increasing use for foundation support and slope stabilization applications over the past half century. Most often designed and installed in groups of vertical or battered elements

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    Design And Construction Of The Rion Antirion Bridge Foundations

    By Alain Pecker

    The choice of a design concept for a bridge foundation is guided by various factors; several of these factors are indeed of technical origin, like the environmental conditions in a broad sense, but ot

    Jan 1, 2013

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    Shoring Up D.C.'s Historical Foundations: Collection 14

    By Alan Quiroga

    Nestled between Meridian Park and Howard University in the heart of Washington, D.C., the historic block between 14th, V and W streets North- west featured several original struc- tures, many of them

    Aug 1, 2023

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    Wireless Site Data Collection In Construction And Its Impact On The Business Process

    By Jason N. Scott

    It is now possible using low-cost wireless technology and rugged hand-held devices to record data on site electronically and for that data to be instantly available to others. This could potentially e

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Design And Construction Of Micropiles Each Subject To 110 Kips Of Lateral Load

    By Andrew Baxter

    The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas is a beautiful glass and concrete structure cut into a valley that mingles with water ponds spanned by multiple bridges with suspend

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Determination Of The Load-Displacement Characteristics Of Single Pile In Soft Soil ? Synopsis

    By Z. C. Chen

    Based on the analysis of load test data of long floating piles in soft soil regions, the expressions of load-transfer function of pile shaft and tip for soft soils are presented in this paper, and the

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Diameter Effects On p-y Curves

    By Ignatius P. O. Lam

    This paper presents information on design analyses of large diameter piles using conventional p-y curves as recommended by the American Petroleum Institute (API RP2A, 1993). API RP2A adopted the soft

    Jan 1, 2013