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  • DFI
    Design, Construction, and Long-Term Monitoring of a Pile-Supported LNG Tank in Savannah, Georgia

    By Cheng Lin, Guoming Lin

    "This paper presents a case history for the design, construction and long-term performance monitoring of a driven prestressed concrete (PSC) piled foundation supporting a large liquefied natural gas (

    Jan 1, 1900

  • DFI
    Session II - Industry Trends And Up And Coming Innovations - Reflections On Our Industry - Foundation Vs Geotechnical

    By Arturo Ressi di Cervia

    From the times when men in lacustrine environments drove wooden piles into the mud to elevate their dwellings, until the beginning of the twentieth century builders reacted to the conditions found in

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Systematic Evaluation of Driving Criteria and Performance of Tapered Piles in Glacial Sand

    By Terrence M. Carroll, Chu E. Ho, Dimitrios Niarchos

    "Construction of the new extension to Terminal 4 at John F Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York involved the application of tapered piles for foundation support. Initial design based on p

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Conventional Static And Rapid Load Tests On CIDH Piers At A University Of California Berkeley Site

    By Gyimah Kasali

    Rapid Load Testing was performed as part of an extensive drilled pier testing program for the University of California Berkeley Capital Improvement Program. The purpose of the program was to: (1)

    Jan 1, 2002

  • DFI
    Foundation Rehabilitation of the Henry Hudson Bridge

    By Dharmil S. Patel, Zoyav S. Benyaminov, Cassandra A. Wetzel

    Rehabilitation of the Henry Hudson Bridge is nearing completion, connecting Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx to Inwood Hill in Manhattan, New York. Constructed in 1936, the Henry Hudson Bridge spans 840 fe

    Sep 8, 2021

  • DFI
    Non-Destructive Testing, Evaluation And Optimization Of Existing Deep Foundations For Re-Use Along The East Coast

    By Matthew E. Meyer

    Renovation, rehabilitation, restoration and expansion of existing residential, retail, commercial, hospital facilities and historic structures requires assessment and evaluation of foundation systems

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Reliability Approach For Deep Foundation Studies ? Synopsis

    By R. Chowdhury

    The relevance of reliability studies for deep foundations is considered in this paper with special reference to pile foundations. Attention is drawn to uncertainties related to applied loads, the load

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Deep Foundations In The Challenging Geology Of Central Florida

    By Gary Kuhns

    Central Florida is among the fastest growing urban areas in the United States, and its rapid development has required the steady construction of various types of civil engineering works. The karst geo

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    The Test on Effect of Polyanionic Cellulose on Process of Filtrate Loss of Low Solid-Phase Drilling Fluid (cdc8479e-b761-4427-8d26-4088be3d5ab5)

    By Ping Yang, Tian-bin Li, Min-hui Wu

    "The process of filtrate loss of low solid-phase drilling fluid at different content of polyanionic cellulose is investigated by the standard filtration test. The test results showed that when time of

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    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

  • DFI
    Mixed-in-Place Cut-Off Walls Create Artificial Polders in the Netherlands

    By R. Gerritsen, Erwin de Jong, E. van der Velde, C. te Boekhorst

    "In recent years the market for Mixed-In-Place soil mix techniques in the Netherlands has been growing rapidly. Initially the technique was used to create cut-off walls near river dikes and as a vibra

    Jan 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Pin Piles For Structural Underpinning - Summary

    By Seth L. Pearlman

    Pin Piles are small diameter high capacity drilled and grouted piles also called minipiles or micropiles. They are ideal for building foundations on sites with poor ground conditions, sensitive surrou

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Technical Visit

    By the courtesy of Metropolitana Milanese (Milan Underground), roost of the delegates visited on April 12, 1991 the tunnel of "PORTA VENEZIA" STATION of MILANO RAILWAY LINK. The "PORTA VENEZIA" ST

    Jan 1, 1994

  • DFI
    Water Powered Percussive Downhole Hammers – Energy Savings And Productivity

    By Shyam Chengalath, Johan Jeansson, Magnus Hörman

    Down-The-Hole (DTH) drilling usually uses compressed air to power the hammer. However, there are now DTH hammers on the market which instead of compressed air use high pressure water to power the hamm

    Sep 1, 2022

  • DFI
    Bending Strength Of Threaded Micropile Connections

    By Steven R. Musselman

    The bending strength and flexural stiffness of a micropile at its threaded connection is less than its intact strength and may fail due to thread slippage or by fracture through the pin (reduced cross

    Jan 1, 2007

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    Owing to an Increasing Demand to Manage Risk and Maximize Cost-Effectiveness, Preference for Reliability-Based Design (RBD) Over Traditional Deterministic Design Procedures has increased for Deep Foundation Elements

    By Armin W. Stuedlein, Seth C. Reddy

    In this study, factors affecting the reliability of augered cast-in-place (ACIP) piles under axial compression at the serviceability limit state are addressed using a simple probabilistic hyperbolic m

    Jan 1, 2013

  • DFI
    Case History: Augered Cast-In-Place Piles For The Pittsburgh International Airport Midfield Terminal

    By Randy R. Huberty

    Although originally designed with deep foundations consisting of all driven steel H piles and drilled caissons, a unique application of Augered Cast-in-Place (ACIP) piles as an alternate design result

    Jan 1, 2001

  • DFI
    Soil Nail And Jet Grouted Excavation Support Wall At Peirce Mill Dam

    By Eric M. Klein

    As part of the Woodrow Wilson Replacement Bridge project several damaged wetland and environmental areas were to be mitigated. One of the mitigation projects consisted of constructing a Denil fish lad

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Plastoelastic Analysis Of Bearing Capacity For Soil Anchor

    By Hui Yongning

    This paper presents a simulating test of constitutive relation of soil anchor in laboratory and puts forward a new plastoelastic mechanical model, on which a new calculating formula of elastic and pla

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Innovative Cofferdams Used On The I-205 Columbia River Bridge

    By Robert Bittner

    The following is a report on the development of two unique and separate cofferdam systems used in the construction of the marine foundations for the I-205 Columbia River Bridge at Portland, Oregon for

    Jan 1, 2013