BEARING CAPACITY OF FOUNDATION PILES: STATE OF THE ART

THE PURPOSE IS TO PRESENT THE STATE OF THE ART CONCERNING BEARING CAPACITY OF FOUNDATION PILES. TOPICS PRESENTED INCLUDE (1) SOIL PROPERTY CHANGES DUE TO DRIVING IN COHESIONLESS AND COHESIVE SOILS AND (2) DETERMINATION OF BEARING CAPACITY FOR SINGLE PILES AND PILE GROUPS IN COHESIONLESS AND COHESIVE SOILS. THE METHODS FOR DESIGN OF SINGLE PILES INCLUDE THE STATIC FORMULA, THE DYNAMIC FORMULA, AND A RECENTLY DEVELOPED NUMERICAL METHOD. THE NUMERICAL METHOD IS USED TO PREDICT IMMEDIATE PILE MOVEMENT UNDER STATIC LOAD AND ULTIMATE PILE LOAD. THE METHODS FOR DESIGN OF PILE GROUPS ARE EMPIRICAL IN NATURE AND INCLUDE DESIGN AGAINST BEARING CAPACITY FAILURE, EXCESSIVE PILE AND SOIL SETTLEMENT. BECAUSE THIS IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART PRESENTATION, NO DEFINITE CONCLUSIONS ARE GIVEN CONCERNING THE USE OF ONE DESIGN METHOD IN PREFERENCE TO ANOTHER. IT IS SHOWN THAT NO SINGLE METHOD HAS BEEN ADOPTED FOR GENERAL USE BY DESIGNERS AT THIS TIME EXCEPT FOR FIELD LOAD TESTS, WHICH ARE GENERALLY USED ON LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS INVOLVING PILE FOUNDATIONS. /AUTHOR/

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  • Authors:
    • Coyle, Harry M
    • Sulaiman, Ibraham H
  • Discussers:
    • Hill, William C
    • Tschebotarioff, Gregory P
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  • Publication Date: 1970

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  • Media Type: Print
  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: pp 87-103
  • Monograph Title: Pile foundations
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  • Accession Number: 00233011
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: May 26 1971 12:00AM