PILE-HEAD BEHAVIOR OF RIGIDLY CAPPED PILE GROUP

The results of a series of vertical load tests on a full-scale group of nine rigidly capped piles and two control piles driven into stiff, saturated clay are described. The scope of the paper is limited primarily to a description of the performance of the piles at their heads; that is, load-settlement and load-distribution behavior and apparent mode of failure. Results from the study that are of practical engineering significance, including group efficiency, settlement ratio, and distribution of loads among the piles, are described, followed by a discussion of test procedures and magnitudes of inherent test errors. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • O'Neill, Michael W
  • Hawkins, Richard A
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-7
• Monograph Title: Piling 1982
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 884
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Load tests; Load transfer; Loads; Pile caps; Pile groups; Saturated soils; Settlement (Structures); Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Support piles; Test procedures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Structural behavior; Vertical loads
• Old TRIS Terms: Load settlement
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372273
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030903471X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1983 12:00AM