BEARING CAPACITY AND SETTLEMTN OF PILE FOUNDATIONS

Conventional bearing capacity of driven and bored piles in sand and nonplastic silt is limited to short piles above the critical depth of penetration. The bearing capacity of longer piles can be estimated from the limiting values of the point resistance and skin friction using either the friction angle of the soil or preferably the results of static and standard penetration tests directly. For driven and bored piles in clay and plastic silt, conventional bearing capacity theory using the undrained shear strength of the soil represent mainly the failure condition at the pile points. The positive and negative shaft resistance some months after pile installation is governed by the drained shear strength of remolded soil and can be estimated from skin friction factors, provided the earth pressure coefficient at rest of the deposit is known. The ultimate load of pile groups and the settlement of pile foundations are examined. /ASCE/

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Mayerhof, G G
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 197-228
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: GT3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Breaking loads; Clay; Earth pressure; Failure; Friction; Ground settlement; Pile driving; Pile foundations; Remolded soils; Sand; Silts; Skin resistance; Soil penetration test; Support piles; Undrained shear strength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Friction angle
• Old TRIS Terms: Bored pile; Failure condition; Pile bearing capacities; Remolded soil samples
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134649
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE #11962
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM