STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF PILES

THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES DIRECT METHODS AVAILABLE FOR TESTING THE SOUNDNESS OF CAST-IN-PLACE, LARGE DIAMETER PILES. METHODS EXAMINED INCLUDE INSPECTION, TEST LOADING; SHAFT COMPRESSION; BORE-HOLE DRILLING METHODS USING INSPECTION BY CALLIPER LOGGING, AND ACOUSTIC SCANNING TECHNIQUES; PREFORMED BOREHOLE METHODS USING SINGLE AND TWIN TUBE SONIC TESTING, AND ALSO RADIOMETRIC LOGGING TECHNIQUES; AND, VIBRATION TESTING. ALTHOUGH DEFECTS MAY BE DETECTED IN PILES USING THESE METHODS, THERE IS AT THE MOMENT NO WAY OF DETERMINING THE RESULTANT LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY OF THE AFFECTED PILE.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Morgan-Grampian (Professional Press) Limited

  Morgan-Grampian House, Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Whitaker, T
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 20-23
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Issue Number: 815
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boreholes; Cast in place concrete; Cast in place structures; Compression; Defects; Inspection; Load tests; Loads; Logging; Sound; Strength of materials; Support piles; Surveillance; Test procedures; Vibration; Vibration tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Vibrational testing
• ITRD Terms: 5711: Bore hole; 4781: Cast in situ concrete; 5532: Compression; 5238: Defect (tech); 5567: Load; 5730: Logging; 3399: Pile; 6748: Sound; 5544: Strength (mater); 9101: Surveillance; 6288: Test method; 5558: Vibration
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083396
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1975 12:00AM