PREDETERMINING PILE LENGTHS AND CAPACITIES

THE STUDY WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES: (1) A COMPILATION OF STATISTICAL DATA PERTAINING TO PILE FOUNDATIONS CONSTRUCTED IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND (2) A COMBINATION EXPERIMENTAL-ANALYTICAL STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL PILES LOCATED IN VIRGINIA WHICH WERE LOADED TO FAILURE. A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEDURES USED AND THE FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED IN THREE VOLUMES. THE DATA COMPILATION PHASE PROVIDED STATISTICS ON APPROXIMATELY FIVE-HUNDRED BRIDGES USEFUL TO LOCATION AND DESIGN PERSONNEL, CONCERNED WITH SITE SELECTION AND FUTURE STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION. PILE LOAD-TEST INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM ORIGINAL FIELD STUDIES AND FROM EXISTING RECORDS OF LOAD TESTS TO FAILURE CONDUCTED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE STATIC LOAD BEARING CAPACITY OF A SINGLE PILE EVOLVED FROM THESE STUDIES. A BROAD COVERAGE OF CURRENT PILE DRIVING TECHNIQUES IS PRESENTED. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, 0260
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Virginia, Charlottesville

  Center for Transportation Studies, P.O. Box 400742
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22904-4742

  Virginia Department of Highways

  Richmond, VA  United States  23219
• Authors:
  • Larew, H G
  • McCormick, F C
• Publication Date: 1967-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Field studies; Forecasting; Length; Load tests; Pile driving; Pile foundations; Static loads; Statistical analysis; Support piles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pile length
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207841
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 23 1994 12:00AM