PILE LOAD TESTS INCLUDING QUICK-LOAD TEST METHOD, CONVENTIONAL METHODS, AND INTERPRETATIONS

THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PILE LOAD TESTING ARE COVERED, INCLUDING OBJECTIVES OF PILE TESTING, IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING, VARIOUS TYPES AND METHODS OF TESTING, INSTRUMENTATION, DATA TO BE OBTAINED, AND INTERPRETATION AND USE OF THE TEST RESULTS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE SOME TYPICAL CASE HISTORIES TOGETHER WITH CORRELATIVE DATA BETWEEN STANDARD TEST METHODS AND THE CONSTANT RATE OF PENETRATION TEST METHOD. /AUTHOR/

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    • Paper sponsored by Committee on Foundations of Bridges and Other Structures and presented at the 49th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
  • Authors:
    • Fuller, Frank M
    • Hoy, Horace E
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  • Publication Date: 1970

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  • Media Type: Print
  • Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: pp 74-86
  • Monograph Title: Pile foundations
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  • Accession Number: 00233010
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: May 26 1971 12:00AM