LOAD TESTS RESULTS ON FRICTION PILES IN SAND
AS PART OF THE DESIGN OF AN IMPORTANT PILE FOUNDATION, AN EXTENSIVE TESTING PROGRAM HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE TYPE AND THE NECESSARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PILE BEST SUITED TO THE SITE AND THE STRUCTURE TO BE DESIGNED. THREE TYPES OF PILES HAVE BEEN TESTED, I.E. TIMBER PILES, A STEEL H-PILE, AND A HERKUTES PRECAST CONCRETE PILE. THE HERKUTES AND H-PILES WERE EQUIPPED WITH DEFORMATION GAUGES AND DRIVEN IN 10-FT (3-M) INCREMENTS TO A TOTAL LENGTH OF 70 FT (21 M), A LOADING TEST BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE END OF EACH INCREMENT. THUS, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE VARIATIONS OF THE BEARING CAPACITY, THE POINT- RESISTANCE, AND THE SKIN-FRICTION AS FUNCTIONS OF THE EMBEDDED PILE LENGTH. /RATAOC/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 8, No 1, PP 7-22, 12 FIG, 3 TAB, 16 REF
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Authors:
- Tavenas, F A
- Publication Date: 0
Media Info
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Serial:
- CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: National Research Council of Canada
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Deformation; Friction piles; Load tests; Pile foundations; Point demerit systems; Precast concrete; Sand; Skin resistance; Steel; Support piles; Timber
- Uncontrolled Terms: Steel piling
- Old TRIS Terms: Embedments (Pile); H bearing piles; Points; Resistance; Timber piles
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00230983
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Roads & Transportation Assoc /Canada
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 23 1971 12:00AM