PILE TESTS AT BEECH RIVER

A PROGRAM OF PILE LOADING TESTS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT AT THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE OVER BEECH RIVER ON HIGHWAY 35 NEAR CARNARVON, ONTARIO. SUBSOIL CONSISTS OF DEEP DEPOSITS OF SANDS AND SILTS. FIVE PILES OF VARIOUS LENGTHS WERE TESTED TO FAILURE, THESE BEING 12-3/4 IN O. D. (32.4 CM) STEEL TUBES, 12 BP 53 STEEL H-PILES, AND ONE NUMBER 14 TIMBER PILE. RESULTS HAVE BEEN COMPARED WITH PREDICTIONS BASED ON THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL CONVENTIONAL METHODS AND, ALSO, BY A METHOD USING INFORMATION OBTAINED IN THE FIELD USING THE GEOPROBE. THE RESULTS OF THE LOAD TESTS ILLUSTRATE CLEARLY THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN ATTEMPTING TO ASSESS LOADING CAPACITIES OF PILES IN COHESIONLESS SOILS BY MEANS OF THE CONVENTIONAL METHODS BASED ON SOIL PROPERTIES DETERMINED DURING ROUTINE FOUNDATION INVESTIGATIONS. /RATAOC/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 7, No 4, PP 470-479, 13 FIG, 2 TAB, 1 REF
• Authors:
  • Selby, K G
• Publication Date: 1970-11

Media Info

• Serial:
  • CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL
  • Publisher: National Research Council of Canada

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Failure; Granular soils; Load tests; Properties of materials; Sand; Silts; Soils; Steel; Structural tests; Subsoil; Support piles; Timber; Tubing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil properties; Steel piling
• Old TRIS Terms: Pile tests; Timber piles
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00214659
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Roads & Transportation Assoc /Canada
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 13 1971 12:00AM