LATERALLY LOADED PILES FOR A VEHICULAR UNDERPASS

A case history of the widening of movement joints between two box-units of a vehicular underpass is presented. The underpass is founded on prestressed concrete piles. During the construction of the embankment fills on both sides of the underpass, the gap of the movement joints between two box-units was observed to have widened. Circular slip analysis, bearing capacity computations and site records of excess pore water pressure observations of the piezometers in the soft clay layer, are used to evaluate the tendency for such lateral movements. The amount of widening of the movement joint was measured. With the help of a digital computer, the effects of the phenomenon on the supporting piles were studied.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Tan, S B
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 318-330
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
  • Volume: 110
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9410

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Construction; Embankments; Fills; Foundations; Joints; Loads; Pavement widening; Pore water pressures; Prestressed concrete; Soil mechanics; Spacing; Support piles; Tunneling; Underpasses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Joint spacing; Slippage; Widening
• Old TRIS Terms: Lateral movement; Pile lateral loads; Tunnels and tunneling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387400
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM