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Suction Bucket InstallationBy Avi Shonberg
With the advancement of offshore wind farm projects towards deeper waters and larger wind turbine generators, founda- tion solutions other than the monopile have received increasing attention over the
Jul 1, 2022
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Piling Practice in Sedimentary Granular Soils of Santa Cruz, BoliviaBy Mario Terceros H, Bengt H. Fellenius
"ABSTRACTThe city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is historically dominated by houses and three to five storey buildings.The geology in and around the city is such that even very light buildings need to be su
Jan 1, 2014
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Helical Piles Performance In Golestan Loess Deposits Via Fullscale And Physical Modeling TestingsBy Abolfazl Eslami, Fatemeh Rostami, Sara Heidarie Golafzani, Mohammad Arabameri
Collapsible loess is classified as problematic soil found in most continents. The loess immediately collapses under stresses induced by axial compressive loading or the soil weight when exposed to moi
Oct 1, 2022
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Axial Load Tests In Drilled Shafts And Piles In A Refinery: Comparison Between Design And Experimental ResultsBy Walter I. Paniagua
Drilled shafts and precast concrete piles were installed for the foundation of several structures in a reconfiguration project of a refinery in Minatitlan, Veracruz, in the Gulf of Mexico. The soils a
Jan 1, 2007
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Piled-Raft Foundation (PRF) Optimization Design With Connected And Disconnected PilesBy A. Eslami
In recent development of piled raft design, the contribution of both raft and piles to tolerate the loads is taken into account, depending on the stiffness and contributions of involved elements i.e.;
Jan 1, 2008
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The Waterloo Barrier - A Sealable Joint Steel Sheet Piling For Groundwater Control And Remediation - Presented At The Deep Foundations Institute Annual Meeting & Conference Toronto, Ontario, October 15-17, 1997 - SummaryBy Murray Gamble
A new type of groundwater cutoff wall has been developed at the University of Waterloo. The Waterloo Barrier? is a steel sheet piling system that incorporates a sealable cavity at each interlocking jo
Jan 1, 1997
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Mini-Pile Design and Construction Methods Change to Mitigate Soil Loss through Glacial Till (db8ff9fc-ef1a-44d4-9e2e-ad6c00fcf7e5)By Cassandra A. Wetzel
"Rock socketed mini-piles are a desirable foundation alternative when design capacity is more than 40 tons and there is limited access. In this case history mini-piles were designed to support between
Jan 1, 2017
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Analysis of the Uncertainty by the Random Finite Elements Method of a Vertical Load Test of a Piled Raft Founded in Tropical SoilBy Cristhian C. Mendoza, Renato da Cunha, Bernardo Caicedo, Max Barbosa
"Abstract This paper shows that a raft alone is not sufficiently appropriate to address the uncertainty of underlying soil variability; therefore, a piled raft system is a better option for mitigating
Jan 1, 2014
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Disconnected Piled Raft Foundations Performance (DCPRF) With CushionBy Saeed Salehi Malekshah
In hybrid foundation system or piled raft foundation (PRF), the raft has adequate bearing capacity and piles are usually required to ensure overall stability of foundation and also to act as settlemen
Jan 1, 2011
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Evaluation Of Achievable Column Diameter In Jet GroutingBy Chu E. Ho
Key variables that govern the jet cutting process are examined based on fundamental theories of jet hydrodynamics and soil mechanics. Under normal conditions of jet grouting operations, lift speed and
Jan 1, 2006
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Performance Of Cast-In-Place Piles Installed With A Fixed Mast Drilling Platform In Claystone ? Glenrock WYBy Brent Wilkins
The project team was tasked with the design and installation of a deep foundation system to support an expansion to a power generating station in Glenrock WY. Cast-in-place piles installed by a fixed
Jan 1, 2009
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You Are Safer In Litigation - I. PrologueBy Charles F. Seemann
It is with considerable trepidation that I set out to defend "litigation" to Design Professionals (DPs), as a better method of resolving disputes than arbitration, in the light of my personal feeling
Jan 1, 1988
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High Capacity And Fully Removable Soil AnchorsBy Anthony D. Barley
Over 60,000 multiple anchors have been used internationally since their introduction in the early 1990s, including 1000 in the United States. The multiple anchor system comprises a "multiple" of "unit
Jan 1, 2002
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Quality Control Of Augered Cast-In-Place And Displacement Piles ? IntroductionBy Rudolph P. Frizzi
Quality control is essential for augered cast-in-place (ACIP) piles (also known as continuous flight auger (CFA) piles outside the United States) and augered displacement (AD) piles since the pile is
Jan 1, 2002
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Results Of An International Pile Load Testing Prediction EventBy N. Charue
An international prediction event was carried out within the framework of a 30-pile testing program organized in a sandy soil in Belgium (Limelette). That program called upon several testing methods:
Jan 1, 2002
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Ground Improvement for Reclaimed LandfillsBy Steven E. Darnell, William W. Haasz, Brandon T. Buschmeier, Frederic Masse
"Landfills often cover expansive areas in locations where large building facilities or infrastructure is in high in demand after the land has been reclaimed. Most landfills have soil or fill propertie
Jan 1, 2017
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Innovative Use Of ACIP Piles And Geogrid To Support Kroger SuperstoreBy George C. Webb
A wide variety and variable depth (up to 40 ft.) of compressible, uncontrolled fill (including construction debris and a perched water condition) was present at a proposed Kroger construction site in
Jan 1, 2005
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Innovative Use Of ACIP Piles And Geogrid To Support Kroger Superstore (97785a40-c93d-4648-ae71-8e34822bf6ed)By George C. Webb
A wide variety and variable depth (up to 40 ft.) of compressible, uncontrolled fill (including construction debris and a perched water condition) was present at a proposed Kroger construction site in
Jan 1, 2003
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Performance Specifications For Drilled PilesBy Dan Brown
Deep foundation contracting for transportation projects in the United States has typically followed the design-bid-build model in which contractors bid on a specific work product according to relative
Jan 1, 2006
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Effectiveness of Head-Enlarged CDM Columns in Evaluating Settlement of Improved GroundsBy Y. M. Ha, T. D. Nguyen, D. T. Nguyen, H. K. Choi
Conventionally, cement deep mixing (CDM) columns are designed to have constant diameters over the improved depth as this facilitates the construction procedures. However, this design pattern may be in
Jan 1, 2019