EVALUATING THE BEARING CAPACITY OF DRIVEN PILES IN SANDY SOILS

At the construction sites, the piles penetrated loose fine and medium-fine sand interstratified with localized sandy and clayey soils of shallow depth ranging from slightly plastic to fluid consistency, and were buried into more dense fine or medium-grained sands at 0.2-1 m. The density of the structure of the latter was established by dynamic probing and was characterized primarily as average, and at points, as dense. The groundwater horizon lies 1-4 m below the surface of the ground. 22 prismatic 30 X 30 and 35 X 35-cm piles, which were embedded to depths of from 5.8 to 12.9 m below the graded surface were tested.

• Corporate Authors:

  Consultants Bureau

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• Authors:
  • Aronov, A M
  • Gudakov, Y S
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 28-30
• Serial:
  • Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: N/A

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Clay soils; Density; Evaluation; Grain size (Geology); Granular soils; Sand; Sandy soils; Soils; Support piles; Water table
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170293
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM