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Shamsher Prakash, Hari D. Sharma ... This is a concise, systematic and complete treatment of the design and construction of pile foundations. Discusses pile behavior under various loadings and types of piles and their installation, including consideration of soil parameters. It provides step-by-step design procedures for piles subject to vertical loading and pullout, lateral, inclined and eccentric loads, or dynamic loads, and for piles in permafrost. Also describes load test procedures and their interpretation and buckling of long, slender piles with and without supported length. The closing chapter presents case histories of prediction and performance of piles and pile groups. Includes numerous solved problems.

Info-Details: 768 pages - Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1st edition (July, 1990) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0471616532 - ISBN-13: 978-0471616535 ...

Magued Iskander ... 
269 pages
Publisher: Springer; (January 13, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3642131077
ISBN-13: 978-3642131073

One of the major difficulties in predicting the capacity of pipe piles in sand has resulted from a lack of understanding of the physical processes that control the behavior of piles during installation and loading.

This monograph presents a detailed blue print for developing experimental facilities necessary to identify these processes. These facilities include a unique instrumented double-walled pipe-pile that is used to delineate the frictional stresses acting against the external and internal surfaces of the pile. The pile is fitted with miniature pore-pressure transducers to monitor the generation of pore water pressure during installation and loading. A fast automatic laboratory pile hammer capable of representing the phenomena that occur during pile driving was also developed and used. Finally, a pressure chamber; feedback control system; data acquisition system; loading frame; sand handling, pluviating, saturating, and drying apparatus have been integrated to allow convenient load testing of piles under simulated field conditions. The experimental apparatus is presented with sufficient details to allow readers to duplicate or modify the design to suit their own needs.

A number of load tests were carried out to identify the effects of inertia and build-up of pore water pressure on pile plugging. Continuous measurement of dynamic and static excess pore pressures, frictional and end bearing stresses, and the elevation of the soil inside the pile during installation and loading are presented. The results of the testing program validates the performance of the developed apparatus, and provide unique insights into soil-structure interaction during pile driving and subsequent loading. The work contributes to a better understanding of pile behavior.

American Concrete Institute (ACI) ...
68 pages
Publisher: American Concrete Institute; (2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0870317598
ISBN-13: 978-0870317590
ASIN: B007PCPUA6

This report presents recommendations to assist the design architect/engineer, manufacturer, construction engineer, and contractor in the design, manufacture, and installation of most types of concrete piles.

Contents:
Chapter 1-Introduction 1.1-General 1.2-Types of piles 1.3-Design considerations Chapter 2-Notation and definitions 2.1-Notation 2.2-Definitions Chapter 3-Geotechnical design considerations 3.1-General 3.2-Subsurface conditions 3.3-Bearing capacity of individual piles 3.4-Settlement 3.5-Group action in compression 3.6-Pile spacing 3.7-Lateral support 3.8-Batter piles 3.9-Axial load distribution 3.10-Long-term performance 3.11-Lateral capacity 3.12-Uplift capacity Chapter 4-Structural design considerations 4.1-General 4.2-Loads and stresses to be resisted 4.3-Structural strength design and allowable service capacities 4.4-Installation and service conditions affecting design 4.5-Other design and specification considerations Chapter 5-Seismic design and detailing considerations 5.1-Introduction 5.2-General seismic impacts on pile behavior 5.3-Seismic pile behavior 5.4-Geotechnical and structural design considerations 5.5-Seismic detailing of concrete piles 5.6-Vertical accelerations Chapter 6-Materials 6.1-Concrete 6.2-Grout 6.3-Reinforcement and prestressing materials 6.4-Steel casing 6.5-Structural steel cores and stubs 6.6-Splices Chapter 7-Manufacture of precast concrete piles 7.1-General 7.2-Forms 7.3-Placement of steel reinforcement 7.4-Embedded items 7.5-Mixing, transporting, placing, and curing concrete 7.6-Pile manufacturing 7.7-Handling and storage Chapter 8-Installation of concrete piles Chapter 9-References

Carlo Viggiani, Alessandro Mandolini, Gianpiero Russo ... Piled foundations are generally designed using empirical methods, in particular the traditional capacity based approach on which the majority of codes of practice are based. However in recent years the analysis of pile groups and piled rafts has undergone substantial development in the light of new research and the mechanisms for the interactions between piles, soil and rafts or caps have been largely clarified. Paradoxically, with relatively large piled rafts it has been found that a design based on the criterion of serviceability, with the limitation of absolute and/or differential settlement, not only allows a more rational and economical design, but is also simpler and more reliable than one based on the traditional approach. This book provides an overview of present design practice of piled foundations, under both vertical and horizontal loads, and then a presentation of recent advances in the analysis and design of piled rafts. Altogether it forms a thorough guide to the design and analysis of efficient and effective piled rafts, and it also serves as a useful design handbook for traditional pile foundations.

Info-Details: 296 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (November, 2011) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0415490669 - ISBN-13: 978-0415490665 ...