SOME LOADING TESTS ON LONG PIPE PILES

TWO STEEL PIPE PILES OF 24 IN. DIA. WERE DRIVEN, ONE INTO GRANULAR AND THE OTHER INTO COHESIVE SOIL, AND TEST LOADED IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO MEASURE SEPARATELY THE SKIN FRICTION AND END-BEARING COMPONENTS OF THE PILE CAPACITY. THE PAPER DESCRIBES THE TESTS AND PRESENTS THE PERTINENT GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SUBSOIL AT EACH TEST PILE. THE VALUES OF SKIN FRICTION AND END-BEARING SO DETERMINED ARE REPORTED. THE PILE DRIVEN INTO THE COHESIVE SOIL WAS TEST LOADED AT VARIOUS TIMES AFTER DRIVING TO DETERMINE ANY CHANGE IN PILE CAPACITY WITH TIME. A FEATURE OF THE SITE WAS THE PRESENCE OF ARTESIAN WATER PRESSURES IN THE SOIL. THE COMPUTED AND MEASURED VALUES OF PILE CAPACITY ARE COMPARED. THE SKIN FRICTION AND END-BEARING VALUES DETERMINED IN THE TESTS ARE USED TO ESTIMATE THE BEARING CAPACITY OF 60 IN. DIA. STEEL PIPE PILES TO BE DRIVEN AT THE SITE. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 20, No 2, PP 171-184
• Authors:
  • McCammon, N R
  • Golder, H Q
• Publication Date: 1970-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cohesive soils; Granular soils; Load tests; Pile driving; Skin resistance; Soil tests; Steel; Steel pipe; Subsoil; Support piles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Steel piling
• Old TRIS Terms: Pile bearing capacities
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209297
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 5 1970 12:00AM