<p>Sandy soil layers may undergo compression during liquefaction. Areview of published design manuals, including the 2004AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, indicates that some recommendations for pile design may not represent the pile response in a ...

The API alpha method gave good agreement with test shaft capacities in clay for the bored piles and under prediceted the capacities for the driven piles. The CPT and CPTu methods underestimated the shaft resistance by 35% to 60% for bored piles and more so ...

This paper describes the prediction of piles and drill shaft capacities based on static and dynamic tests of the ISC'2.

A frequent confusion and lack of understanding exists with regard to the design of piles subjected to drag loads. Some will lump the drag load in with the dead and live loads when assessing pile bearing capacity. Also common is to disregard the root of the ...

Vibratory compaction generates lateral stresses, which result in a permanent increase of the horizontal earth pressure and overconsolidation. The practical importance of these effects is discussed.

The paper presents the data and discousses the various methods of determining pile capacity and addresses influence of set up.

Each of the mentioned points is addressed in the paper, and a design approach for the design of piled foundations and piled rafts is presented. Examples and case histories are included showing the distribution of measured and calculated resistance distribution ...

This paper describes a way to use terminology for pile contracts.

The evaluation of pile axial capacity included the use of a variety of methods, including total stress, effective stress, and empirical methods using the results of piezocone soundings and conventional borehole and laboratory tests.