PILE BEHAVIOR ESTABLISHED FROM MODEL TESTS

Experimental and analytical results are presented that were obtained from laboratory tests involving one-tenth scale pile models embedded in sand, that were conducted at 1 G for for the Iowa Department of Transportation. Scale model pile tests were conducted to experimenatlly investigate pile behavior for a vairety of geometric, loading, and soil density conditions. Soil resistance and displacement relationships for skin friction, end-bearing, and lateral behavior, obtained from measured pile strains, were mathematically represented by modified Ramberg-Osgood expressions whose characteristic parameters were established for finite element analyses. The details of the study are described, the results are presented, and the conclusions drawn from the results are discussed.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Abendroth, R E
  • Greimann, L F
• Publication Date: 1990-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 571-588
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
  • Volume: 116
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9410

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Density; Finite element method; Laboratory tests; Loads; Sand; Scale models; Skin resistance
• Old TRIS Terms: Pile behavior
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494168
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM