SIDE FRICTION OF PILES IN CALCAREOUS SANDS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

Steel piles driven in calcareous sands develop considerably less side resistance than those driven in silica sands. This paper describes an investigation of the strength behavior and soil-steel friction of two noncemented calcareous sands, with particular emphasis on the effects of grain crushing on these properties. Results indicate that calcareous sands have very high friction angles, and average soil-steel friction angles. Grain crushing does not appear to reduce these properties. It is concluded that low side friction of steel piles driven in calcareous sands is caused by low effective soil-pile interface stresses rather than small soil-pile friction angles. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (Author/TRRL)

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Noorany, I
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1611-14
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  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calcareous soils; Conferences; Crushing; Effective stress; Friction; Interfaces; Pile driving; Sand; Steel; Support piles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Friction angle; Steel piling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466413
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM