Assessment of the Axial Load Response of an H Pile Driven in Multilayered Soil
Most of the current design methods for driven piles were developed for closed-ended pipe piles driven in either pure clay or clean sand. These methods are sometimes used for H piles as well, even though the axial load response of H piles is different from that of pipe piles. Furthermore, in reality, soil profiles often consist of multiple layers of soils that may contain sand, clay, silt or a mixture of these three particle sizes. Therefore, accurate prediction of the ultimate bearing capacity of H piles driven in a mixed soil is very challenging. In addition, although results of well documented load tests on pipe piles are available, the literature contains limited information on the design of H piles. Most of the current design methods for driven piles do not provide specific recommendations for H piles. In order to evaluate the static load response of an H pile, fully instrumented axial load tests were performed on an H pile (HP 310 × 110) driven into a multilayered soil profile consisting of soils composed of various amounts of clay, silt and sand. The base of the H pile was embedded in a very dense nonplastic silt layer overlying a clay layer. This paper presents the results of the laboratory tests performed to characterize the soil profile and of the pile load tests. It also compares the measured pile resistances with those predicted with soil property- and in situ test-based methods.
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Authors:
- Seo, Hoyoung
- Yildirim, Irem Zeynep
- Prezzi, Monica
- Publication Date: 2009-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; Illustrations; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 1789-1804
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Serial:
- Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Volume: 135
- Issue Number: 12
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 1090-0241
- Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Axial loads; Bearing capacity; Bridge members; Design methods; Evaluation and assessment; Field tests; Laboratory tests; Layered soils; Load tests; Soils by properties; Support piles
- Uncontrolled Terms: Driven piles; H piles; Soil pile interaction
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I42: Soil Mechanics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01150927
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 19 2010 10:59AM