STATIC AND CYCLIC LOAD TESTS ON A DRILLED AND GROUTED PILE IN CALCAREOUS SAND

As part of a comprehensive research project on the behaviour of drilled and grouted piles in calcareous sands, an experimental pile was installed in a biogenic sand site in western France. The drilling fluid was water, and the bit was 31 cm in diameter. A steel tube 16 m long and 22 cm in diameter was carefully instrumented by strain gauges and was then grouted in the sand over a length of about 8 m. The pile was then subjected to a series of both static and cyclic tension tests. This paper describes the experimental conditions of the field tests, and details the overall results obtained. The behaviour of the pile head, its ultimate capacity, and the mobilisation of local skin friction are analysed as a function of load type and load history.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Behaviour of Offshore Structures, held Delft, The Netherlands, 1-5 July 1985, p. 577 [11 pp., 10 ref., 2 tab., 11 fig., 1 phot.]
• Authors:
  • NAUROY, J F
  • BRUCY, F
  • Tirant, P
  • de
• Publication Date: 1985

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00689923
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM