Dissertations / Theses: 'Foundation piles on'

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Lehane, Barry. "Experimental investigations of pile behaviour using instrumented field piles." Thesis, Online version, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.283868.

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Ayfan, Emad. "Design method for axially loaded piled raft foundation with fully mobilised friction piles." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209604.

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In the present work, a settlement-based method is proposed to design piled raft foundation. The proposed design method is found to be very efficient, economical and requires less calculation time. Simple software can be used to execute all the interactions and loop calculations.

Unlike methods with numerical techniques, there are practically no limitations for the number of individual piles under the raft, size of the group and the group shape or layout. It can also be applied to piles with different length or piles that are located within multi-layered soils.

The raft is designed first according to the allowable settlement that is pre-defined by the structural requirements and with the necessary factor of safety. When raft suffers excessive settlement, then the load that causes excess raft settlement beyond the required limit is to be transferred to the fully mobilised frictional piles.

The fully mobilised shaft (with no end bearing) piles are designed with factor of safety close to unity since their function is only to reduce raft settlement and since the raft has an adequate bearing capacity.

Geometry of these piles is chosen to fully mobilise their shafts capacity with low settlement level in order to comply with load/settlement requirement and reduce raft settlement to the pre-defined level.

Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur
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Stacul, Stefano [Verfasser], and Joachim [Akademischer Betreuer] Stahlmann. "Analysis of piles and piled raft foundation under horizontal load / Stefano Stacul ; Betreuer: Joachim Stahlmann." Braunschweig : Technische Universität Braunschweig, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1175815330/34.

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Stacul, Stefano Verfasser], and Joachim [Akademischer Betreuer] [Stahlmann. "Analysis of piles and piled raft foundation under horizontal load / Stefano Stacul ; Betreuer: Joachim Stahlmann." Braunschweig : Technische Universität Braunschweig, 2018. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:084-2018061815086.

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Kling, Oliver, and Nils Dahlman. "Parametric Optimization of Foundation Improvements with RC Slabs on Piles." Thesis, KTH, Betongbyggnad, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254168.

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Parametric design has proven to be a powerful tool for structural engineers to find innovativesolutions to complex problems more effectively compared to conventional methods. Theflexibility off parametric design is immense since all types of structures depend on a range ofparameters that can be isolated, controlled and altered.In this thesis a parametric model was built with the software Grasshopper to manage thedesign process of a common type of foundation improvement. The technique has beensuccessfully used by Tyréns AB on several 19th century buildings in Stockholm in the pastdecade. The buildings were settling due to decay of the original wooden piles. To stop furthersettlements steel piles are drilled from under the building down to the bedrock. In thebasement of the buildings new and thick reinforced concrete slabs are cast which are connectedto the ground walls with concrete corbels.The available area for the installation of these corbels, the minimum distances between thecorbels and the dimensions of each corbel are all contributing factors that limit the number ofpossible design configurations. The dimensions of the concrete corbels affect the maximumload capacity which will determine their quantity and position. The corbels have to carry thevarying line loads and point loads acting on the ground walls from the structure above.With the plug-in finite element software Karamba, reaction forces in each pile were calculatedwhich also affected the possible designs.A well-functioning and adaptable parametric model presented logical results where decreasingheight of the concrete slab was affecting the capacity of each corbel which in turn generated alarger number of corbels. The model offered both manual control and automatic optimizationwhere real time variations of loads and reactions were shown depending on the changingdesign.In the optimization process which was based on genetic algorithm a cost function to deal withthe numerous contributing parameters was designed.Verification of important results increased the confidence in the model in most cases but thelack of trust in the calculated moments of each shell element created limitations. The thesisdoes not include a complete finite element analysis of the structures generated by theparametric model. However, it presents a simple export process to the third party softwareFEM-Design for verification.The role of the model was therefore not to work as a complete solution but as a powerful andeasy-to-use design tool for the structural designer to get instant feedback of chosen corbelplacements. The model offered a simplified way of achieving more slender and economicstructures both financially as well as environmentally.Parametric design was shown to be successful for solving structural problems if the model wasbased on appropriate engineering judgements.

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Dhorajiwala, Husein, and Agnieszka Owczarczyk. "Global stability of high-rise buildings on foundation on piles." Thesis, KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-235317.

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In Sweden as well as other countries the trend of building higher is more and more popular. The global stability of tall buildings is a very important aspect that has to be taken into account while designing. Foundation on piles, that is common in Sweden, reduces the global stability compared to foundation directly on bedrock. Using inclined piles in the foundation is inevitable for high-rise buildings, because they are essential for transferring the horizontal loads into the bedrock. The aim of this paper is to look into the influence that foundation on piles has on global stability and investigate two simple methods to asses global stability. In this thesis the influence of the stiffness of the substructure (foundation), length and inclination of the piles on the global stability were investigated. It was also looked into how does the pile center affect the rotation and thus global stability. One method that was presented was based on the equivalent stiffness. Displacement at the top of the wall is used in order to calculate the bending stiffness that is reduced due to foundation on piles and further calculate buckling load on the basis of Euler buckling. In the other method that was proposed rotation at the foundation level was taken into account so as to calculate rotational spring stiffness and later buckling load due to combined flexural and rotational buckling. The analysis was conducted on a simple two dimensional problem, namely stabilizing wall as well as a building stabilized by two towers. Three different configurations of piles were investigated for single wall as well as for the structure. The investigation showed that the position of pile center has its effect on the global stability. The closer the pile center is to the foundation on piles the better the global stability of a structure. The length of the piles plays a role in stability as well. The longer the piles are the worse the stability is. With longer piles the overall stiffness of a structure decreases and thus the global stability. The analysis showed that the foundation of piles significantly lowers the stability of high rise building. The investigated methods showed that the one based on rotation at the base gave better results compared to the method based on the equivalent bending stiffness. But to use this first method, the position of the pile center is required to be known in order to get correct results which in a complex structure is hard to estimate. In an analysis of a building stabilized by two towers it was seen that when the inclined piles that are inclined opposite to each other in a pile group and are positioned far from rotation center of a structure it increases the global safety and rotational stiffness as well. It is recommended to use such configuration of piles that the pile center is at the foundation level in order to increase global stability.
I Sverige och andra länder är trenden att bygga högre alltmer populärt. Den globala stabiliteten hos höga byggnader är en viktig aspekt som måste beaktas vid byggnadens utformning. Den vanligaste grundläggningsmetoden i Sverige är grundläggning med pålar. Denna typ av grundläggning minskar den globala stabiliteten jämfört med grundläggning direkt på berggrunden. Att använda sneda pålar i grundläggningen är oundviklig för höghus, eftersom de är nödvändiga för att överföra horisontella laster till berggrunden. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att se hur grundläggning på pålar påverkar den globala stabiliteten och undersöka två enkla metoder för global stabilitet. I detta examensarbete undersöktes hur styvheten påverkar grundläggning med pålar med olika längder och lutningar, med hänseende på den globala stabiliteten. Pålcentrumets påverkan av rotation och den globala stabiliteten har även studerats. En metod som presenterades i examensarbetet är baserades på ekvivalent styvhet. Där utböjning på toppen av väggen togs för att beräkna böjstyvheten som reduceras på grund av grundläggning med pålar och ytterligare beräknades knäcklasten baserat på Eulers knäckning. I den andra metoden som föreslogs togs rotationen vid grundläggningsnivån med i beräkningen för att beräkna rotationsfjäderns styvhet och senare knäckningslasten på grund av kombinerad böjnings- och rotationsknäckning. Analysen genomfördes på en enkel tvådimensionell vägg och en tredimensionell byggnad som är stabiliserad av två torn. Tre olika konfigurationer av pålar undersöktes för enkel vägg och även för byggnaden Utredningen av examensarbetet visade att positionen av pålcentrum har en stor påverkan på den globala stabiliteten. Ju närmare pålcentrumet är till grundläggningsnivån desto bättre är den globala stabiliteten hos en konstruktion. Längden på pålarna har även en betydelse när det gäller stabiliteten. Ju längre pålarna är desto värre blir stabiliteten. Med längre pålar minskar den totala styvheten hos hela konstruktionen och därmed minskar även den globala stabiliteten. Utredningen visade även att metoden med rotation vid grundläggningsnivån gav mer noggrannare resultat än metoden för ekvivalent styvhet. Men för att kunna använda den förstnämnda metoden behöver man ha kännedom om vart pålcentrum ligger för konstruktionen och detta kan vara svårt att uppskatta. I en analys av en byggnad stabiliserad av två torn visades det att när pålarna är placerade långt från rotationscentrum av en konstruktion ökar den globala säkerheten och rotationsstyvheten. Det rekommenderas att använda sådan konfiguration av pålar att pålcentrum ligger på grundnivå för att öka den globala stabiliteten.

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McCarthy, Donald. "EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEENLOAD TEST DATA AND PREDICTED COMPRESSION CAPACITY OF AUGERED CAST-IN-PLACE PILES IN PREDOMINANTLY." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2985.

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Augered Cast-In-Place (ACIP) Piles are used in areas were the loading from a superstructure exceeds the soil bearing capacity for usage of a shallow foundation. In Northwest Florida and along the Gulf Coast, ACIP piles are often utilized as foundation alternatives for multi-story condominium projects. Data from 25 compression load tests at 13 different project sites in Florida and Alabama were analyzed to determine their individual relationships between anticipated and determined compression load capacity. The anticipated capacity of the ACIP pile is routinely overestimated due to uncertainties involved with the process of estimating the compressive capacity and procedures of placing the piles; therefore, larger diameter and deeper piles are often used to offset this lack of understanding. The findings established in this study will provide a better empirical relationship between predicted behaviors and actual behaviors of ACIP piles in cohesionless soils. These conclusions will provide the engineer with a better understanding of ACIP pile behaviors and provide a more feasible approach to more accurately determine the pile-soil interaction in mostly cohesionless soils.
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Engineering and Computer Science
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Rica, Shilton [Verfasser]. "Improved Design Methods for the Bearing Capacity of Foundation Piles / Shilton Rica." Düren : Shaker, 2019. http://d-nb.info/120221875X/34.

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Evans, Keith Martin. "A model study of the end bearing capacity of piles in layered calcareous soils." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:574ae32d-bb91-4be7-aae6-d456f4c40b70.

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The results of a series of over 120 model tests to study the end bearing capacity of piles in layered calcareous soils are described. The tests were carried out on samples enclosed in a cylindrical testing chamber, 450 mm diameter and 450 mm high, which allowed independent control of horizontal and vertical stress in the range 25 kPa to 500 kPa. The samples consisted of a loose, uncemented calcareous sand consisting predominantly of foraminifera and mollusc micro-organisms (D50 = 0.2 mm, calcium carbonate content 92%). Into this was built a layer of the same material artificially cemented by a gypsum plaster. The layer had similar properties to naturally cemented deposits, and layers with unconfirmed crushing strengths in the range 500 kPa to 4000 kPa have been prepared. All samples were tested dry. Closed end model piles of 16mm diameter were jacked at 0.1mm/s into the sample, and continuous profiles of end bearing capacity obtained during penetration. A parametric study has been carried out to examine the effects on the bearing capacity of stress level, K0, cemented layer thickness (0.5 pile diameters to 5.0 pile diameters) and layer strength. In addition, tests have been conducted with different pile geometry, multiple cemented layers, and using dynamic installation techniques. The study has identified ranges of parameters for which brittle failure of the cemented layer occurs (low stress levels and high layer strengths) and ranges where the failure is ductile (high stresses and low layer strengths). Characteristic patterns have been observed of the variation of end bearing with position as a layer is penetrated. Examination of the samples after testing has revealed details of failure mechanisms. Simple procedures are proposed for modelling the bearing capacity of such layered systems, and some implications of the results for design methods are discussed.

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Coop, Matthew R. "The axial capacity of driven piles in clay." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:5b1244f1-9e91-434a-ad15-5cc670c935a9.

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An instrumented model pile was used to investigate the fundamental behaviour in clay soils of driven cylindrical steel piles used for offshore structures. Four test-bed sites were chosen; two in stiff heavily consolidated clays, and two in normally/lightly overconsolidated clays. Data from these sites confirm that a residual shear surface is formed along the pile during installation, the location of which relative to the shaft surface appears to depend on the shaft roughness. Comparisons with other site investigation data and cavity expansion theoretical predictions indicate that stress relief immediately behind the pile tip during driving gives rise to total radial stresses and pore pressures measured on the pile shaft which are lower than predicted. This stress relief is particulary severe in the stiffer clays. The data did however show that the installation total radial stresses and pore pressures are governed by the initial in-situ stresses and undrained shear strength as is predicated by the theory. During reconsolidation, pore pressures close to the instrument rise initially in all clays, and radial effective stresses drop. The slow recovery in radial effective stress during the later stages of reconsolidation was in some cases insufficient to return it to levels recorded during installation. However, the generation of negative pore pressures during undrained loading increased the radial effective stress and shaft friction at failure. This effect is particularly important in the normally consolidated clays, and is responsible for the set-up of shaft capacity seen in such clays, which might not be observed if the loading were drained. The observed behaviour was therefore quite different from the monotonic increase in radial effective stress during reconsolidation, followed by decrease during undrained loading which was expected from a review of current theory.

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Loveridge, Fleur. "The thermal performance of foundation piles used as heat exchangers in ground energy systems." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2012. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/348910/.

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Pile heat exchangers are expected to make a significant contribution to meeting UK and EU renewable energy and carbon dioxide reduction targets. However, design for the thermal capacity of pile heat exchangers has to date been largely based on methods developed for borehole heat exchangers. Piles have a much smaller aspect (length to diameter) ratio than boreholes and consequently their thermal behaviour is different in a number of important ways. This thesis explores these differences and makes recommendations for improved assessment of pile heat exchanger thermal capacity. Traditionally vertical heat exchanger design assumes separation of the thermal effects in the ground and in the pile. A transient temperature response function is used to assess temperature changes in the ground and a steady state resistance is applied to the pile concrete. In this thesis existing approaches to temperature response functions are critically assessed for use with thermal piles. It is important to take into account the larger pile diameter, which causes increased temperature changes in the short term. In the long term, the shorter pile length will result in reduced temperature changes as steady state is reached more quickly. Simple 2D numerical modelling has been carried out and the results used to derive a new method for determining pile thermal resistance. However, for large diameter piles, the time taken for the pile to reach steady state suggests that the use of a constant thermal resistance in design is not always appropriate. In these cases it is recommended that a transient temperature response function is used to assess the response of the ground and the concrete together. The applicability of short duration thermal response testing for pile heat exchangers has been examined. Modelling and case study data has shown that the technique is only reliable for piles of 300mm diameter or less. For the special case of large diameter piles with centrally placed heat transfer pipes then it is possible to use the test to determine the thermal conductivity of the pile concrete, but not pile thermal resistance.

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Winters, Danny. "Selected Topics in Foundation Design, Quality Assurance, and Remediation." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5153.

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There are over 602,000 bridges in the United States, of which 12.5% are classified as functionally obsolete and 11.2% are structurally deficient. The functionally obsolete bridges will require expansion or replacement to increase the service capacity of the bridge. The structurally deficient bridges will either need remediation of the load carrying elements which are damaged or deteriorated or will need to be replaced completely. Replacement of the bridges means new construction; new construction means better design and quality assurance to meet the 100+ year service life requirement in place now. Rehabilitation of bridges will require better design and quality assurance to increase the current service life of the structure. This dissertation presents new design, testing, and repair methods developed to extend the life of new and existing bridges through pressure grouting, thermal integrity testing of drilled shafts, and the bond enhancement of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) repair materials bonded to concrete with vacuum bagging and pressure bagging, respectively. Pressure grouting of drilled shaft tips has been used for over five decades to improve the end bearing capacity, but no rational design procedure had ever been published until this study. The research outlined in this dissertation analyzed nine grouted shafts and compared them to standard design procedures to determine the improvement in end bearing. Improvements ranged from 60% to 709% increase in end bearing capacity. From these improvements, a design procedure was developed for pressure grouted drilled shafts. Post construction inspection of drilled shafts relies largely on non-visual techniques dealing with measured concrete quantities, acoustic wave speed or frequency, gamma radiation attenuation and now the internal temperature of the curing concrete. Thermal Integrity Profiling (TIP), developed at USF, utilizes the heat of hydration of curing concrete to evaluate the concrete cover, foundation shape, cage alignment, and concrete mix design performance. This research developed standard test equipment and procedures for thermal integrity testing. Comparing the results of the different types of integrity tests is difficult due to the varied nature of the different tests. The dissertation looked at various shafts constructed across the nation which were tested with thermal and at least one other integrity test method. When compared to acoustic and gamma radiation test results, TIP agreed with 4 of 6 cases for acoustic and 2 of 5 cases using gamma radiation. In the one case were both sonic caliper and inclination data were available, TIP showed good agreement. Vacuum bagging and pressure bagging are techniques for improving the FRP-concrete bond in the repair of partially submerged piles. Prototype vacuum bagging and pressure bagging systems were developed and bond improvement assessed from results of pullout tests on full size piles repaired under simulated tidal exposures in the laboratory. Pressure bagging gave better bond and was found to be simpler because it did not require an airtight seal. A field demonstration project was conducted in which pressure bagging was used in combination with two different glass FRP systems to repair two corroding piles supporting the Friendship Trails Bridge across Tampa Bay. Inspection of the post-cured wrap showed no evidence of air voids.

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Silveira, Mariana Vela. "Neuronal model for prediction of settlements in cintinua auger piles, metal and excavated." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2014. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=12232.

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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico
Estimar o recalque em estacas Ã um problema muito complexo, incerto e ainda nÃo totalmente compreendido, devido Ãs muitas incertezas associadas aos fatores que afetam a magnitude desta deformaÃÃo. As RNA sÃo ferramentas que funcionam analogamente ao cÃrebro humano, e sua unidade principal, o neurÃnio artificial, trabalha de maneira semelhante ao neurÃnio biolÃgico. Esta ferramenta alternativa vem sendo aplicada com sucesso em muitos problemas de engenharia geotÃcnica, podendo, portanto ser utilizadas como uma ferramentas alternativas para avaliar recalques em estacas isoladas. Nessa pesquisa as RNA utilizadas foram do tipo perceptron de mÃltiplas camadas, empregando um treinamento supervisionado utilizando o algoritmo de retropropagaÃÃo do erro. O modelo desenvolvido relaciona o recalque em estacas isoladas com as propriedades geomÃtricas das estacas (diÃmetro e comprimento), a estratigrafia e as caracterÃsticas de compacidade, ou consistÃncia dos solos por meio dos resultados obtidos nos ensaios SPT, e a carga atuante, obtidas em provas de carga realizadas em estacas hÃlice contÃnua, cravada metÃlica e escavada. O conjunto de aprendizagem foi composto por 1947 exemplos de entrada e saÃda. Com auxilio do programa QNET2000 foram treinadas e validadas vÃrias arquiteturas de redes neurais. ApÃs comparar o desempenho da curva carga x recalque elaborada com os recalques estimados pelo modelo proposto com a curva carga x recalque resultante da prova de carga estÃtica e com a curva carga x recalque gerada pelo emprego do programa comercial baseado em elementos finitos tridimensionais PLAXIS 3D Foundation, constatou-se que as RNA foram capazes de entender o comportamento das fundaÃÃes profundas do tipo estacas hÃlice contÃnua, escavada e cravada metÃlica, possibilitando dentre outras coisas, a definiÃÃo das cargas de trabalho e cargas limites nas estacas.
Predicting the settlement in deep foundation is a very complex, uncertain and not yet fully understood, due to the many uncertainties associated with factors that affect the magnitude of this deformation. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is a tool that works similarly to the human brain, its main unit, the artificial neuron, works in a similar way to the biological neuron. This alternative tool has been successfully applied in many geotechnical engineering problems and can therefore be used as an alternative tool to evaluate the behavior of settlement in isolated piles. In this paper, the ANN used were the multilayer perceptron type, employing a supervised training that uses the error back propagation algorithm. The model developed relates settlement in isolated piles with the type and the geometrical properties of the piles (diameter and length), the stratigraphy and characteristics of compactness or consistency of soils by means of the SPT tests results, and the load applied, obtained in static pile load tests performed in continuous helix, steel driven and excavated pile types. The data set used to model consisted of 1.947 samples of input and output. QNET 2000 was the program used to assist the training and validation of various architectures of neural networks. The architecture formed by 10 nodes in the input layer, 28 neurons distributed in 4 intermediate layers and one neuron in the output layer, corresponding to the measured discharge for cutting (A10: 14:8:4:2:1) was the one that showed the best performance, with the correlation coefficient between the estimated settlements and settlements measured during the validation phase of 0.94, such value can be considered satisfactory when considering the prediction of a complex phenomenon. After comparing the performance of the applied load x settlement estimated by model proposed curve with the applied load x settlement measured in static pile load test curve and the applied load x settlement estimated by an elasto-plastic model thru numerical simulation, it was found that the ANN were able to understand the behavior of deep foundations of continuous helix, steel driven and excavated piles type, allowing among other things, the definition of workloads and load limits at the pile.

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Karlbom, Malin, and Lovisa Hallman. "Geotechnical reinforcement work for foundation of extending an existing residential building." Thesis, KTH, Jord- och bergmekanik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278192.

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The last hundreds of years there has been a land elevation that causes an increased distance between the groundwater level and the buildings founded on wooden piles. When wooden piles are exposed to air, rot fungus occurs which causes the pile to lose its bearing capacity. With the critical problem of housing shortage, the demand can be met if an innovative solution is created by extending a superstructure on top of an existing building within the city center of Stockholm. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether it is profitable to extend an existing building with a superstructure when reinforcing an existing foundation. By an extensive literature survey, a model is created and exposed to several analyzes containing both analytical and numerical calculations. Based on the acquired knowledge, the model reflects the most common building built within the city center of Stockholm, that was founded on wooden piles, where the geological conditions consist of clay. A new foundation has been designed consisting of drilled end-bearing steel piles. For the two pile dimensions of RD220/12.5 and RD170/10, the possible load transfer methods of full niches, ground beam with half a niche, yoke beams and slab with half a niche are analyzed, respectively. These methods were combined differently to obtain the possible combinations performed in this building, that in turn, gives the difference in the amount of work and costs. An intended superstructure consisting of four storeys in wood is then applied on the existing building to once again, obtain the differences in amount of work and costs. Comparing these two cases, the profitability is determined. The study shows for the larger pile that the superstructure entails no difference in the required amount of piles and therefore, no difference in the total cost compared to the existing building. However, for the smaller pile, the superstructure entails a small increase in the required amount of piles and the cost. The study resulted that the larger pile provides the cheapest geotechnical reinforcement work, regardless if the superstructure is applied or not, compared to the smaller pile. The thesis show that it is profitable to extend an existing building when the existing foundation is strengthened, due to the great revenue of the superstructure, which entails that the profitability is a fact.
Under de senaste hundra åren har det skett en landhöjning i Stockholm. Detta medför att byggnader som är grundlagda med träpålar får ett avstånd till grundvattennivån. Träpålarna utsätts då för luft som i sin tur leder till försämrad bärförmåga, vilket innebär att grundläggningen behöver förstärkas. En annan stor utmaning i Stockholm är bostadsbristen. En lösning för att kunna möta efterfrågan på bostäder är att bygga på höjden ovanpå en befintlig byggnad inom Stockholms innerstad. Detta kräver att grundläggningen klarar av att bära en påbyggnation, vilket leder till syftet för denna studie. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om det är lönsamt att bygga på en befintlig byggnad när man samtidigt grundförstärker byggnaden bestående av träpålar. För att besvara studiens syfte har två modeller skapats och analyserats ur fler perspektiv som därefter jämförts. Modellerna baseras på en omfattande litteraturundersökning och återspeglar en befintlig byggnad i form utav den vanligaste byggda byggnaden i Stockholms innerstad med en grundläggning av träpålar. Den första modellen innefattar endast den befintliga byggnaden och den andra modellen innefattar den befintliga byggnaden med en påbyggnation av fyra våningar bestående av trä. En ny grundläggning behövs, då det är svårt att kontrollera bärkapaciteten hos dessa befintliga träpålar. Den nya grundläggningen består utav borrande ändbärande stålpålar där två olika dimensioner undersöks, RD220/12.5 och RD170/10. För dessa två dimensioner har olika lastöverförings- metoder analyserats separat, varav de möjliga metoderna för denna typbyggnad är hela nischer, markbalk med anfang, ok-balk och platta på mark med anfang. Dessa metoder för respektive dimension har kombinerats för att erhålla det totala grundförstärkningsarbetet som i sin tur genererar en skillnad i både mängd arbete och kostnad för de två olika modellerna. Därefter bestäms lönsamheten genom en jämförelse mellan de två olika modellerna. Studien visar att en påbyggnation inte medför någon skillnad i varken erforderlig mängd arbete eller kostnad för den större dimensionen. För den mindre dimensionen erhölls en ökning i både arbete och kostnad. Studien resulterande i att den större dimensionen ger totalt det billigaste grundförstärkningsarbetet, oavsett om en påbyggnation sker eller inte, i jämförelse mot den mindre dimensionen. Vid en grundförstärkning visar studien att det är lönsamt att samtidigt utföra en påbyggnation ovanpå en befintlig byggnad.

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Strand, Spencer R. "Liquefaction Mitigation Using Vertical Composite Drains and Liquefaction Induced Downdrag on Piles: Implications for Deep Foundation Design." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2330.pdf.

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COBE, REBECCA PEZZODIPANE. "BEHAVIOR OF AN EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTED ON A SOFT CLAY FOUNDATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE ADJACENT PILES." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2017. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=36574@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE EXCELENCIA ACADEMICA
Este estudo analisa o caso de um aterro experimental construído em escala real ao lado de um estaqueamento, em um terreno composto por uma espessa camada de argila mole, situado na baixada de Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro. No local do aterro, foi realizada uma vasta investigação geotécnica e um monitoramento composto por placas de recalque, piezômetros e inclinômetros instalados ao longo da profundidade do terreno e das estacas adjacentes ao aterro. O movimento horizontal do solo na extremidade do aterro devido à natureza assimétrica do carregamento gera esforços ao longo da profundidade das estacas instaladas na adjacência dessa sobrecarga. Esse fenômeno, conhecido na literatura brasileira como Efeito Tschebotarioff é influenciado por diversos fatores, entre eles pelo adensamento do solo, pelo efeito de grupo e pela distância do estaqueamento em relação à base do aterro, cujas análises de suas influências fazem parte do objetivo desse trabalho. A influência do adensamento no desenvolvimento dos deslocamentos horizontais em profundidade foi analisada com base nos resultados obtidos por meio da instrumentação de campo. Já as influências do efeito de grupo e da distância do estaqueamento em relação à base do aterro foram analisadas por meio de uma análise numérica bidimensional utilizando o programa Plaxis 2D. Os resultados da instrumentação mostraram que a razão entre os deslocamentos horizontais máximos e os recalques é de cerca de 0,16 ao longo de todo o alteamento do aterro. Com relação à modelagem numérica, seus resultados mostraram que o efeito de grupo pode reduzir os deslocamentos horizontais nas estacas traseiras em cerca de 14 por cento e os momentos fletores em até 58 por cento. Além disso, foi observado que os deslocamentos horizontais e esforços nas estacas somente podem ser considerados desprezíveis a partir de distâncias correspondentes a cerca de 2,5 vezes a espessura de solo mole.
This study analyzes the case of an experimental embankment constructed in real scale alongside a pile group in a field composed of a thick layer of soft clay, located in the lowland of Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro. The monitoring of the experiment was composed by settlement plates, piezometers and inclinometers installed throughout the depth of the ground and piles adjacent to the embankment. The horizontal movement of the soil at the border of the embankment generates stresses along the depth of the piles installed adjacent to the surcharge due to the asymmetric nature of this load. This phenomenon, known in the Brazilian literature as the Tschebotarioff Effect, is influenced by several factors. In this work, the influence factors that were studied are the soil consolidation, the group effect and the distance of the piles from the base of the embankment. The influence of the consolidation on the development of deep horizontal displacements was analyzed based on the results obtained through field instrumentation. On the other hand, the influence of the group effect and the distance of the piles from the embankment base were analyzed using a two-dimensional numerical analysis in the Plaxis 2D program. The results of the instrumentation showed that the ratio between the maximum horizontal displacements and the settlements is around 0,16 throughout the entire embankment elevation. Regarding numerical modeling, their results showed that the group effect can reduce horizontal displacements in the rear piles by around 14 per cent and the bending moments by up to 58 per cent. In addition, it has been observed that horizontal displacements and stresses on the piles can only be considered negligible from distances corresponding to about 2.5 times the soft soil thickness.

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Landqvist, Anders. "Energipålning : En grön grundläggning." Thesis, KTH, Jord- och bergmekanik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-156539.

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Det finns en innovativ, grön grundläggningsteknik kallad energigrundläggning. Principen är att integrera redan erforderliga, strukturella element såsom pålar med en värmeväxlare i syfte att utvinna energi. Tekniken har funnits sedan tidigt 80-tal men har knappt används i Norden. Tekniken visar på stor potential då man kan uppnå synergi genom utvinning av värme under vinterhalvåret och kyla under sommarhalvåret. I detta arbete redogörs för grundläggande principer och mekanismer bakom energigrundläggning samt en omfattande litteraturstudie av vad som tidigare har studerats inom området. Det finns få exempel i litteraturen på problematiken med förändrade geotekniska egenskaper hos jorden på grund av energiutvinningen och än färre exempel på knäckningsproblematiken hos slagna, slanka stålrörspålar. Tyngdpunkten i arbetet har varit just denna förändring av de geotekniska egenskaperna, främst skjuvhållfastheten och hur denna förändring påverkar pålens bärförmåga. På grund av saknad av originell data har flera antaganden och erfarenheter tagits från Tidfors (1987) som undersökte förändringar hos olika lerors geotekniska egenskaper då de utsattes för olika temperaturdifferenser. I arbetet har två konsekvenser av användning av energipålning studerats i en fallstudie, nämligen temperaturinducerad rörelse av pålen och försämrad bärförmåga med avseende på knäckning. Fallstudien är ett nyligen färdigställt projekt i Jyväskylä, Finland där en kommersiell byggnad grundlagts på energipålar. De temperaturinducerade rörelserna hos pålen har undersökts analytiskt genom beräkning med gällande förutsättningar i Jyväskylä. De axiella lasterna som uppkommer i studien visar inte de storlekar som krävs för att innebära ett strukturellt problem. Dock visar fenomenet på ett reellt problem som måste tas i beaktning. Det är även svårt att modellera problemet då det är svårt att avgöra vilken slags inspänning pålen har. Knäckningsproblematiken studerades även den analytiskt genom beräkning. En typ-påle dimensionerades enligt gällande normer med en gradvis försämrad och förbättrad skjuvhållfasthet. Förändringen av skjuvhållfastheten byggde på antaganden baserade på resultaten presenterade av Tidfors (1987). Den försämrade skjuvhållfastheten innebär självfallet försämrad bärförmåga. Brottmoden knäckning blev dimensionerande vid en 50 % försämring av skjuvhållfastheten. Användandet av energigrundläggning medför förändringar av jordens geotekniska egenskaper och innebär att ett behov av att kvantifiera dessa förändringar uppstår. Vidare måste konsekvenserna av användande integreras i dimensioneringsprocessen så att framtida ekonomiskt gångbart användande är möjligt. På så sätt kan tekniken växa och infria sin stora potential.
There is an innovative, green foundation technique called energy foundation. The principle is to integrate already required structural elements such as piles with a heat exchanger to extract energy. The technology has been around since the early 1980’s but has hardly been used in the Nordic countries. The technique shows great potential as one can achieve synergy by extracting heating in wintertime and cooling in the summertime. This thesis presents the basic principles and mechanisms of energy foundation and an extensive literature review of what has been previously studied in the area. There are few examples in the literature on the problems associated with the changes of geotechnical properties due to energy extraction. Even fewer examples of the buckling problem of driven, slender steel pile. The focus of this thesis has been this change of the geotechnical properties, mainly the shear strength and how this change affects the pile bearing capacity. Because of a lack of original data, several assumptions and experiences has been derived from Tidfors (1987). She subjected different clays to different temperatures and investigated the changes in the various clays’s geotechnical properties. In the thesis has two consequences of the use of energy piles been studied in a case study. The two consequences are temperature-induced motion of the pile and buckling problems due to loss of shear strength of the soil. The case study is a recently completed project in Jyväskylä, Finland, where a commercial building’s foundation has been laid on energy piles. The temperature-induced motion of the pile has been investigated analytically by calculation given the conditions in Jyväskylä. The axial loads arising in the pile did not show the sizes needed to represent a structural problem. However, the phenomenon presents a real problem that must be taken into consideration. It is also difficult to model the problem as it is difficult to determine what kind of restraint the pile got. The buckling problem was also studied analytically by calculation. A typical pile was designed according to current standards with a gradual deterioration and improved of the soils shear strength. The change in the shear strength was based on assumptions corresponding to the results presented by Tidfors (1987). The deterioration of the shear strength did obviously reduce the pile’s carrying capacity. Failure by bucklingmode came into play at a reduction of the shear capacity of 50 %. The use of energy foundation results in changes of the soil’s geotechnical properties and creates a need to quantify these changes. Furthermore must the consequences by using energy foundation be integrated into the design process so that in the future economically viable usage is possible. By doing so the technology can grow and fulfil its great potential.

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Broderick, Rick Davon. "Statnamic Lateral Loading Testing of Full-Scale 15 and 9 Group Piles in Clay." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2007. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/861.

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Studies of seismic and impact loading on foundation piles is an important and a focused interest in the engineering world today. Because of seismic and other natural events are unpredictable, uncontrollable and potentially unsafe it is a vital study to understand the behavior and relationship structures in motion have on there foundation. Statnamic Loading has become a popular method of studying this relationship in a controlled environment. Two groups of 9 and 15 driven hollow pipe piles were tested in saturated clay at the Salt Lake City Airport in July of 2002. The 9-pile group (3x3 configuration) was separated at 5.65 pile diameters and the 15-pile group (3x5 configuration) was separated at 3.92 pile diameters. The testing consisted of five target deflections. Each target deflection consisted of 15 cyclic lateral static loadings and a 16th lateral statnamic load. This study focuses on the statnamic loading. Damping ratios ranged from 23 to 50 percent for the 15-pile group and 29 to 49 percent for the 9-pile group. Both pile groups increased in damping as the deflections increased. The optimized mass in motion for the entire system was found to be roughly 21,000kg for the 15-pile group and 14,000 kg for the 9-pile group. Stiffness for the 15-pile group started at 50kN/mm and ended at 21kN/mm. The 9-pile group ranged from 28kN/mm to 12kN/mm.

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Sutman, Melis. "Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Energy Piles: Full-Scale Field Testing and Numerical Modeling." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82438.

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Energy piles are deep foundation elements designed to utilize near-surface geothermal energy, while at the same time serve as foundations for buildings. The use of energy piles for geothermal heat exchange has been steadily increasing during the last decade, yet there are still pending questions on their thermo-mechanical behavior. The change in temperature along energy piles, resulting from their employment in heat exchange operations, causes axial displacements, thermally induced axial stresses and changes in mobilized shaft resistance which may have possible effects on their behavior. In order to investigate these effects, an extensive field test program, including conventional pile load tests and application of heating-cooling cycles was conducted on three energy piles during a period of six weeks. Temperature changes were applied to the test piles with and without maintained mechanical loads to investigate the effects of structural loads on energy piles. Moreover, the lengths of the test piles were determined to represent different end-restraining conditions at the toe. Various sensors were installed to monitor the strain and temperature changes along the test piles. Axial stress and shaft resistance profiles inferred from the field test data along with the driven conclusions are presented herein for all three test piles. It is inferred from the field test results that changes in temperature results in thermally induced compressive or tensile axial stresses along energy piles, the magnitude of which increases with higher restrictions such as structural load on top or higher toe resistance. Moreover, lower change in shaft resistance is observed with increasing restrictions along the energy piles. In addition to the design, deployment, and execution of the field test, a thermo-mechanical cyclic numerical model was developed as a part of this research. In this numerical model, load-transfer approach was coupled with the Masing's Rule in order to simulate the two-way cyclic axial displacement of energy piles during temperature changes. The numerical model was validated using the field test results for cyclic thermal load and thermo-mechanical load applications. It is concluded that the use of load-transfer approach coupled with the Masing's Rule is capable of simulating the cyclic thermo-mechanical behavior of energy piles.
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Dhorajiwala, Husein. "Grundläggning med olika pålningsmetoder : En teknisk och ekonomisk studie." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-31004.

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This degree project compares piling methods with respect to technical and economic aspects, all affecting factors are measured as realistic as possible. The aim was to get a better understanding for piling methods used in Sweden and to work as an information tool for structural engineers. In order to get the technical aspects on piling methods literature study and interviews with structural engineers from Kadesjös Ingenjörsbyrå AB have been conducted. The case study on a residential building in Västerås was also performed. In this case study calculations for a quantity of piling methods have been made and sent for RFQs for various entrepreneurs. Subsequently piling methods have been analyzed and compared with respect to their prices. By calculating the costs of various piling methods it has been analyzed why some piling methods are more expensive than others. In a layer from soil that is free from rocks and other obstacles the concrete pile is the economically effective piling method for a residential building for both five and thirty meters. The magnificent steel pile is only 5% more expensive than the concrete pile. Note that this degree project is not a cheat sheet for the most economical pile.

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Hrdý, Roman. "Založení objektu v Karlových Varech." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226785.

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This thesis deals with the foundation of multifunctional building in Karlovy Vary. The aim of this thesis is to design a safe, economical and functional solutions for sheeting underground floors of the building and design of foundation structures.

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Novák, Michal. "Zajištění stavební jámy a založení objektu CARLA Brno." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226784.

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The topic of the master’s thesis is the statically compliant and economical design of the ensuring of foundation pit for building Carla Brno. The calculation part will be solved through program GEO5. The part of this thesis is also to describe the technological process of implementing elements and the relevant project documentation.

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Ščudla, Martin. "Založení mostu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226782.

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The thesis focuses on design of 5 - square bridge foundation in Ostrava Svinov including covering of construction pits. The bridge is founded on the groups of drilled large diameter piles. Design and assessment is realized in program GEO 5. The thesis is divided into 6 parts: introduction, geotechnical circumstances, concomitant report, static calculations, technical report and documentation.

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Theland, Freddie. "Prediction and experimental validation of dynamic soil-structure interaction of an end-bearing pile foundation in soft clay." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-291021.

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In the built environment, human activities such as railway and road traffic, constructionworks or industrial manufacturing can give rise to ground borne vibrations. Such vibrations become a concern in urban areas as they can cause human discomfort or disruption of vibration sensitive equipment in buildings. In Sweden, geological formations of soft clay soils overlying till and a high quality bedrock are encountered in densely populated areas, which are soil conditions that are prone to high levels of ground borne vibrations. Under such soil conditions, end-bearing piles are often used in the design of building foundations. The dynamic response of a building is governed by the interaction between the soil and the foundation. It is therefore essential that models used for vibration predictions are able to capture the dynamic soil-structure interaction of pile foundations. The purpose of this thesis is to experimentally and numerically investigate dynamic soil-structure interaction of an end-bearing pile group in clay by constructing a test foundation of realistic dimensions. The small-strain properties in a shallow clay deposit are estimated using different site investigation and laboratory methods. The results are synthesised into a representative soil model to compute the free-field surface response, which is validated with vibration measurements performed at the site. It is found that detailed information regarding material damping in the clay and the topmost soil layer both have a profound influence on the predicted surface response, especially with an increasing distance from the source. Dynamic impedances of four end-bearing concrete piles driven at the site are measured. Pile-soil-pile interaction is investigated by measuring the response of the neighbour piles when one of the piles in the group is excited. The square pile group is subsequently joined in a concrete cap and measurements of the impedances of the pilegroup and acceleration measurements within the piles at depth are performed. A numerical model based on the identified soil properties is implemented and validated by the measurements. A good agreement between the predicted and measured responses and impedances of the pile group foundation is found, establishing confidence in the ability to predict the dynamic characteristics of end-bearing pile foundations under the studied soil conditions.
Mänsklig verksamhet i urbana miljöer så som väg- och järnvägstrafik, byggnation eller maskindrift inom industri kan ge upphov till vibrationer som sprider sig via marken i närområdet. Dessa vibrationer kan ge upphov till kännbara vibrationer eller påverka vibrationskänslig utrustning i byggnader. I Sverige förekommer ofta mjuka lerjordar ovanpå berg, och inte sällan i tätbebyggda områden. Under sådana jordförhållanden används ofta spetsbärande pålar för grundläggning av byggnader. Det dynamiska verkningssättet för byggnader är beroende av interaktionen mellan jorden och byggnadens grund. Det är därför viktigt att modeller som används för vibrationsanalys i byggnader kan beskriva denna interaktion mellan jord och byggnadsfundament. Syftet med denna avhandling är att experimentellt och via numeriska modeller studera dynamisk jord-struktur-interaktion av ett spetsbärande pålfundament i lera. Jordensmekaniska egenskaper vid små töjningar utvärderas för en lerjord som är avsatt på morän och berg genom både fältförsök och laboratorieanalyser av prover. Informationen kombineras för att konstruera en lagerförd jordmodell av platsen för att beräkna jordens dynamiska respons till följd av en punktlast. Modellen valideras med vibrationsmätningar som utförts på platsen. Studien visar att detaljerad information angående lerans materialdämpning och de mekaniska egenskaperna av jordens översta lager har en stor inverkan på förutsägelser av jordens dynamiska respons vid ytan, speciellt vid stora avstånd från vibrationskällan. Experimentella tester utförs för att mäta dynamiska impedanser av fyra slagna spetsbärande betongpålar. Interaktionen mellan pålarna utvärderas genom att utföra mätningarav de omgivande pålarnas respons till följd av excitering av en påle. Pålgruppen sammanfogas därefter i ett betongfundament och impedanserna samt accelerationer inuti pålarna uppmäts. En numerisk modell baserad på de identifierade mekaniska egenskaperna av jorden upprättas och valideras genom mätningarna. De numeriska resultaten är i god överensstämmelse med de uppmätta vilket styrker användningen av numeriska modeller för att förutsäga interaktionen mellan jord och spetsbärandepålar under de studerade jordförhållandena.

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Malinský, Martin. "Založení stavby River Garden III v Praze." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227540.

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The topic of this master's thesis are the design of ensuring foundation pit and foundation of administrative building in Prague. In the vicinity of foundation pit is situated the river Vltava, which directly influences the ground water level at the job site. During construction, it is necessary to envisage the possibility of occurrence of the old building structures of docks.

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Ponížil, Cyril. "Analýza zatěžovací zkoušky piloty." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-265323.

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There is ussualy used the Masopust's method to assessment the piles in Czech Republic. This method is based on statistical processing of large data set of load piles tests. Due to the using of regression coefficients this method is relatively complicated and not very transparent. Instead, foreign standards ussualy use direct the values of limit stress on the base of piles and unit friction capacity. Procedure for determining the bearing capacity of the piles is thus considerably simplified. In this thesis the Masopust's method is compared with the methods used in Germany and Austria. This comparison provides insight to the safety level that include various approaches.

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Dubčák, Pavel. "Založení polyfunkčního domu v Olomouci." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225413.

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The topic of my master`s thesis is to design foundations of multifunctional building in Olomouc. Another part of this master`s thesis deals with safe and economic design solution of shoring wall. This construction is used to built underground parts of the building. The last part of the work contains description of technological proces of the geotechnics constructions execution. The drawing documentation is also included.

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Lee, Cheol-Ju. "The influence of negative skin friction on piles and in pile groups." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272078.

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Pospíšil, Jan. "Návrh založení polyfunkčního domu v Brně." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227471.

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The objective of thesis is to design and evaluate suitable foundation pit and in the establishment of multi-functional building on the street Smetanova 19 in Brno. The part of this thesis is also to describe the technological process of implementing the designed constructions and the preparation of relevant design documentation.

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Yilmaz, Beren. "An Anlaytical And Experimental Study On Piled Raft Foundations." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611500/index.pdf.

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Two different concepts and design procedures namely settlement reducing piles and piled raft foundations have been studied independently in this thesis. A laboratory study is conducted on model rafts with differing number of model settlement reducing piles. Pile length, pile diameter, type of soil and size of raft are kept constant and settlements are measured under sustained loading. Remolded kaolin is consolidated under controlled stresses before tests are performed in model boxes. The tests are conducted under two sustained loadings of 75 kPa and 40 kPa. 0(raft), 16 and 49 number of piles are used. During the tests, all of the skin friction is mobilized. Several tests are conducted for each combination to see the variability. It is concluded that increasing the pile number beyond an optimum value is inefficient as far as the amount of settlement is considered. Also an analytical procedure has been followed to calculate settlements with increasing number of piles. In the second part of this thesis, finite element analyse have been performed on a piled raft foundation model, using Plaxis 3D Foundation Engineering software. This analyse are supported with analytical methods. The piled raft model is loaded with 450 kPa raft pressure. The studies are conducted in two sets in which different pile lengths are used
25 m and 30 m respectively. The numbers of piles are increased from 63 to 143. All other parameters are kept constant. The results showed that again an optimum number of piles will be sufficient to reduce the settlement to the acceptable level. The analytical methods indicate a similar behavior. The comparison and results are presented in the study.

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Nordlöf, Anders, and Danny Holmboe. "Pile subjected to lateral load : Analytical hand calculation implemented by programming." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-302548.

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The official recommendations in geotechnical engineering are according to Swedish practice to install inclined driven piles in order to resist external horizontal loads, which usually consist of windloads. These loads gets counteracted by utilizing the pile's axial load-bearing capacity, however when designing a foundation the use of inclined piles has proven to be problematic from a number of different perspectives. This has made both engineers as well as contractors long for a solution where the piles instead are allowed to be installed vertically, which could be made possible by utilizing the lateral bearing capacity of the pile which occurs in connection with lateral resistance during pile-soil interaction. The present day knowledge about such an engineering procedure in Sweden has proven to be limited and consists mainly of one governing document, namely report 101 published by the Commission on Pile Research. The aim of our study is to test and evaluate the method in report 101 based on a number of different load cases related to lateral load effects during pile-soil interaction. An analytical method reproduced from the Commission on Pile Research's report has been implemented with help of Mathcad, a computer software for reuse of mathematical calculations. Decisive parameters that distinguish the different load cases have included external load impact in pile head, mechanical strength properties of friction or cohesive soil, along with cross-sectional dimensions and reinforcement content of piles etc. The results differed significantly depending on the loadcase, a majority of the given answers were also perceived as unreliable and in a number of load cases the method also failed to obtain an analytical solution. Our conclusion is that it is doubtful whether the elastoplastic method presented in report 101 in the end in practice benefits the engineer tasked with designing, this stands in stark contrast to an increasing demand for easily accessible knowledge within its field.
Pålar i samband med grundläggning har sedan en tid tillbaka enligt svensk praxis installerats snedslagna, detta för att med hjälp av pålens axiella bärförmåga motstå yttre horisontell lastpåverkan till följd av exempelvis vindlaster. Att snedställa pålar har visat sig vara problematiskt ur ett flertal olika perspektiv, en lösning som både konstruktörer och entreprenörer efterlängtat är att pålarna istället tillåts installeras rakställda. Detta skulle vara möjligt genom att nyttja pålens transversella bärförmåga som uppstår i samband med sidomotstånd vid interaktion påle-jord. Kunskap kring ett sådant dimensioneringsförfarande i Sverige idag har visat sig vara begränsad och till stor del bestå av ett styrande dokument, nämligen rapport 101 utgiven av Pålkommissionen. I denna studie har en analytisk handberäkningsmetod som återges ur Pålkommissionens rapport implementerats i beräkningsprogrammet Mathcad, detta i syfte att testa och utvärdera metoden utifrån ett flertal olika belastningsfall relaterade till transversell lastpåverkan vid interaktion påle-jord. Avgörande parametrar som skiljt de olika belastningsfallen åt har bl.a. utgjorts av hållfasthetsegenskaper hos friktion- eller kohesionsjord, tvärsnittsdimensioner och armeringsinnehåll hos påle, yttre lastpåverkan i påltopp. Resultaten skiljde sig åt markant beroende på typ av belastningsfall där en majoritet av svaren upplevdes som icke tillförlitliga och till ett flertal olika fall, utifrån vårt försök till implementering, klarade metoden heller inte av att erhålla någon analytisk lösning. Vi finner det därför svårt att tro att den elastoplastiska metoden som återges i rapport 101 i slutändan kommer till någon direkt praktisk nytta, vilket står i tvär kontrast mot ett uppenbart behov där lättillgänglig kunskap inom området efterfrågas.

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Conti, Claudio. "Small-scale physical modelling of piled foundations for offshore wind turbines application." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.

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Nowadays, finding alternative energy sources is becoming more and more important. Europe is particularly focusing on wind energy and in offshore wind energy especially. An issue concerning offshore wind energy which is gaining more and more attention is the noise emissions due to impact driven pile foundation. The noise caused by the installation process has been judged as “potentially dangerous for marine fauna” from the German Authorities. This research thesis is part of a project which examines a viable alternative installation method for the displacement of pile foundations for offshore wind energy called pile jacking. This technology should be developed to be cost-efficient, flexibly scalable and to produce considerably reduced vibration and air pollution emissions during its placement in the sea bed. Jacked piles technology would eliminate almost any noise deriving from the hammer impact. As most offshore piled foundations have been installed by impact driving technology, the question arises as to how piles with different the stiffness and the capacity , can otherwise be installed. In order to delineate the significant variables affecting the load-bearing capacity and especially the ultimate uplift capacity of a pile in saturated sand, a small-scale test campaign in scale 1:30 has been performed at the Test Center for Support Structures in Hanover. The campaign was supervised by the Department for Support Structures of Fraunhofer IWES. A testing schedule comprising of 15 small-scale geotechnical physical experiments was conducted on open-ended piles to an embedded length of 75 cm using two method of pile installation: static jacking and impact driving. The aim of this thesis is to obtain preliminary experimental data and set out the main features of this technology. The results obtained by this study reveal that static jacking installation lead to higher resistances and is overall beneficial to the mechanical load bearing behavior of pile foundations.

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Dvorník, Pavel. "Objekt výzkumného centra v Brně - příprava realizace stavby." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-225408.

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The purpose of the bachelor thesis is to develop selected parts of technologically-building project of the Masaryk university´s campus in Brno, Hall A29. The building will be used as a research establishment. It has eleven building sites and the main one is tackled in detail. The bachelor thesis includes a technical report about the technologically-building project, the time schedule, suggestion of the realization of the main stages of its construction, including recommendation of the major building machines. The bachelor thesis also includes the project of site equipment, technological regulations for carrying out the pilotage, the check and test plan, the plan of safety and health protection during work, the budget of fabric and specialization in the field of building construction.

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Koudelková, Ivana. "Zajistění stavební jámy na ul. Provazníkova." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-265416.

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This diploma thesis describes the design and static assessment carried shoring excavation pit for the construction of a multifunctional building in Brno Husovice. Introductory part summarizes the basic input information on the area of interest, including outputs of engineering-geological survey and gives an overview of the options pits. The main part describes the design and assessment of selected variant of shoring, the subsequent evaluation of the results and the technological progress of construction. The proposed design is complemented by structural calculations and construction plans.

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Tošenovjan, Marek. "Statické řešení monolitické železobetonové konstrukce." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-265481.

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The diploma thesis describes structural design of selected elements of monolitic reinforced concrete seven-storey building. Structure is designed as a combined reinforced concrete frame with shear walls and core. The main point of structural analysis is design of locally supported RC slab above the 2ND basement floor, column on the 2ND basement floor, piles and analysis of foundation of building and its influence of support stiffness on connected load-bearing structures.

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Ghataora, G. S. "Uplift resistance of piled foundation groups." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233902.

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Johansson, Josefin, and Matilda Wennberg. "Modellering av grävpålar i Plaxis 2D : En parameterstudie applicerad på nya Vårbybron, Stockholm." Thesis, KTH, Jord- och bergmekanik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-299066.

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I samband med Förbifart Stockholm och Tvärförbindelse Södertörn förväntas en flaskhals skapas vid Vårbybron i södra Stockholm. För att förhindra överbelastning planeras en nybyggnation där pålgrundläggning med grävpålar föreslås. Markförhållanden är ovanliga i Stockholm, med över 100 meter ned till berg. Komplexa omständigheter i området gör det nödvändigt att analysera markrörelser som verkar på grundläggningen. Syftet med studien är att undersöka horisontella- och vertikala sättningar vid ett brolandfäste. Syftet är vidare att analysera vilken typ av numerisk konstitutiv modell som är lämplig med hänsyn till studiens specifika fall och område; Mohr-Coulomb (MC), Hardening Soil (HS) och Hardening Soil med small-strain stiffness (HSS). Slutligen ska jordparametrarnas väsentlighet avgöras i en parameterstudie. Sonderingsdata tillämpas i studien för att skapa en jordlagermodell i AutoCAD Civil 3D 2019 Metric och vidare simulering av sättningar i Plaxis 2D. Vid modellering av sättningar i förekommande geologi rekommenderas att en avancerad modell används, med fördel HSS. Däremot kräver mer avancerade modeller noggranna indata för tillförlitligt resultat och ytterligare tester för styvhetsparametrar bör utföras. I detta projekt kan dyrare tester tänkas sänka slutgiltig budget, eftersom underskattning av moduler i djupa och fast lagrade jordar baserade på konservativt valda moduler ger upphov till en dyrare konstruktion.
In conjunction with the opening of the Stockholm Bypass and Tvärförbindelse Södertörn, a bottleneck is expected at the bridge Vårbybron in southern Stockholm. To prevent traffic congestion, a new construction is planned where pile foundation consisting of bored piles is proposed. The ground conditions are unusual and not typical for Stockholm involving over 100 meters distance to rock. Complex circumstances in the area makes it complicated as well as necessary to analyze ground movements. The aim of the study is to investigate horizontal- and vertical settlements at a bridge abutment. The aim is further to analyze which type of numerical constitutive model that is appropriate with respect to the specific case and area; Mohr-Coulomb (MC), Hardening Soil (HS) and Hardening Soil with small-strain stiffness (HSS). Finally, the significance of the soil parameters is to be determined in a parameter analysis. Results from soundings are used to create a geological model in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2019 Metric. Furthermore, simulation of settlements in Plaxis 2D is performed. It is recommended to apply advanced models for this type of geology, advantageously HSS. However, more advanced models require accurate input data to obtain reliable results, and additional tests for stiffness parameters must be performed for accuracy in the results. In this project, more expensive tests can be thought of as lowering the final budget, as underestimation of modules in deep and stiff soils based on conservatively selected modules leads to an unnecessarily expensive construction.

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Nazir, Ramli Bin. "The moment carrying capcity of short piles in sand." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240279.

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Williams, Angus J. "Scale effects in piled foundations." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.308141.

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Liang, Ming-Te. "Condition monitoring of piled foundations." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1986. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU005228.

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In this thesis a brief history of dynamic pile analysis methods and the associated background theory are presented. In addition an unpublished rigorous mathematic proof of the Case method and new general theoretical model for dynamic pile analysis, developed as the Aberdeen method, are given. The dynamic and static response of model concrete piles in dry sand to impact and static loads have also been investigated experimentally and the results are reported in this thesis. Pile response has been found to be crucially dependent on the damping in the system. The method of modal analysis has been found to be the best approach to determine the damping factor of both the onshore and the offshore piles and is discussed in detail. A theoretical relationship between the initial and the reflected stress waves and the dynamic point resistance is used to calculate the force-penetration relationship and nonlinear parameters for the special case of pile points on dry sand. The shock relation, equations of motion and compatibility of the dynamic measurement at pile top are given by the Aberdeen method. This method gives a mathematical description of the behaviour of impact response which has not been achieved in either the Case or the TNO method. At present, the Case and TNO methods are used to investigate the integrity of piled foundations by means of the impact concept. This thesis introduces a third method, the J-integral method in the study of piled foundation. In addition, the thesis also gives a theoretical explanation to the TNO method which have not been provided elsewhere.

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Chaudhry, Anjum Rashid. "Static pile-soil-pile interaction in offshore pile groups." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7b4c8d56-184f-4c8d-98c9-2d9c69a1ef55.

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This thesis is a theoretical study, using both finite element and boundary element methods, of the behaviour of single-piles and pile groups under vertical and lateral loading. It offers an improved understanding of the soil-structure interaction that occurs in pile groups, particularly closely spaced piles subjected to lateral loads. The potential of a two- dimensional idealisation of what is a three-dimensional problem is demonstrated by achieving real insight into the complex nature of pile-soil and pile-soil-pile interaction in pile groups. A new load transfer mechanism is presented for a rigid, axially loaded vertical pile. From this an improvement is then derived to the analytical solution for pile head settlement given by Randolph and Wroth (1978). The improved mechanism has the further merit that it can be applied also to solutions for flexible piles and pile groups. The improved analytical solution is further adapted in the development of two correcting layers specifically for vertically loaded piles to model infinite boundaries in the finite element model. The correcting layers help in establishing superiority of the finite element method over the boundary element method. To model pile-soil interaction, a purely cohesive interface element is developed and then validated by performing various two-dimensional test problems, including stability analysis of flat surface footings. Footing-soil interface tension is successfully modelled in this way - an outcome that entails a significant modification to the Hansen (1970) bearing capacity solution. Stability analysis is also carried out of conical footings using a three-dimensional finite element model: the results help to explain the applicability of the existing bearing capacity theories to conical footings. The ultimate lateral soil reaction is determined and various pile loading stages are investigated through parametric studies. Study of the stage immediately following pile installation (i.e. the consolidation stage) highlights the need to develop an effective stress analysis for laterally loaded piles. Pile-soil interaction is studied using the cohesive interface element presented earlier, which proves to be quite successful in smoothing out the stress discontinuities around the pile. A new material model for frictional soils is presented, and validated by using it to model an extension test: it captures well post-peak behaviour and takes care of the effects of dilation on the response of laterally loaded piles. Finally, mechanisms of interaction in closely spaced pile groups are studied. Simple analytical expressions are derived which quantify the effects of interaction. A new method of analysis is presented for single-piles and pile groups which offers a considerable degree of reliability without having to do either impossibly expensive full scale field tests or prohibitively expensive full three-dimensional analysis using the currently available computers.

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Okánik, Michal. "Statická analýza mostní konstrukce: Černý most v Hodoníně." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-372210.

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The diploma thesis deals with static analysis of the Black bridge in Hodonín city. The creation of the numerical model in ANSYS sw. is described according to the existing project documentation, followed by the application of loading and boundary conditions (including the solution of foundation soil placed on the piles). The selection of the loading is used according ČSN EN standards for analysis and verification of the main construction parts. This work also includes verification of the piles deformations calculated both in ANSYS sw. and by the direct stiffness method (MS Excel is used) and their comparison is done. Amongst other attachments, the verification of the load carrying capacity of the structure (respecting the current traffic limitation allowing only one vehicle to be on the bridge structure) is also provided.

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Al-Baghdadi, Therar. "Screw piles as offshore foundations : numerical and physical modelling." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2018. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/336c5661-e871-416d-9d69-4bb4f421bda7.

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In reviewing the recent development of the geotechnical engineering aspects of the offshore wind farm industry, it was found that there is an urgent need for more reliable and cost-effective foundation solutions. In this thesis, screw piles (helical piles) have been proposed as a potential innovative alternative foundation for offshore wind turbines in deeper water. This type of pile has been used widely as foundation and anchor for onshore projects due to their ability to provide high compressive and tensile resistance as well as reduced noise/vibration during installation. In order to adopt the screw pile technique as an offshore foundation, the geometry of the piles would need to be scaled up so they can provide the high capacities required for this application. Such change in size and geometry will lead to uncertainties in predicting the required installation torque and the capacity in different soil types and stress histories. For example, without the ability to accurately predict installation torque, it is difficult to design screw piles for offshore use or develop appropriate installation plant with the required torque capabilities in different soils. In this thesis, non-linear Finite Element Method (2D & 3D) was used to investigate the screw pile behaviour under lateral, vertical and combined loading. The FEM was also used to investigate the optimum spacing of the helical plates and the geometry effects on the screw pile behaviour to meet requirements of the loading conditions experienced for offshore application. In addition, 29 successful centrifuge tests were carried out using a newly developed servo-actuator so that the screw pile models could be installed and tested inflight in one operation at 50g acceleration. The centrifuge tests of screw pile models and CPTs were carried out in sand at three different relative densities (loose, medium and dense). The installation force (Fv) and torque (T) were correlated to the cone resistance (qc) to establish a CPT-based design method to predict the required installation force and torque for the straight-shafted pile and the modified screw pile geometries. A modified theoretical model was used to predict the installation torque of straight-shafted pile and screw pile in sand with different relative densities based on pile geometry characteristics and soil properties. Furthermore, the ultimate compressive capacities (Qc) of straight-shafted piles and screw pile in sand with different relative densities were determined from centrifuge tests and used to develop appropriate design parameters including earth pressure coefficient (k) and bearing capacity factors (Nq) for pushed and rotated piles.

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Christin, Jérôme. "Système de fondation sur pieux bois : une technique millénaire pour demain." Thesis, Paris Est, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PEST1105/document.

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La France possède un patrimoine très riche d'ouvrages d'art et de bâtiments fondés sur des pieux en bois. Les ponts construits sur la Loire, sur la Seine, le château de Chambord ou encore le Grand Palais à Paris en sont quelques exemples. Cependant, malgré un parc français important d'ouvrages bâtis sur des pieux en bois, le retour d'expérience sur la portance résiduelle et l'état de dégradation de leurs fondations est faible et non capitalisé. Les principaux objectifs de ce travail, qui s'intègre dans le projet Pieux Bois, sont d'une part, de définir une méthodologie d'analyse des fondations en bois des ouvrages visant à évaluer leur état de dégradation, et d'autre part, de proposer une méthode de dimensionnement des pieux en bois s'appuyant sur les caractéristiques pressiométriques des terrains. L'état de l'art réalisé dans le cadre de ce projet a permis d'identifier une centaine de ponts français construits sur des pieux en bois entre le Moyen-Âge et l'époque industrielle, principalement situés dans le lit des fleuves et de leurs affluents. Les désordres relevés sur ces ouvrages ainsi que les solutions de confortement mises en œuvre pour assurer leur pérennité ont été établis. La méthodologie d'analyse présentée dans un guide d'inspection des fondations en bois élaboré aux Pays-Bas a été validée lors de l'évaluation de l'état de dégradation des pieux de fondation d'un viaduc ferroviaire situé à proximité de Bordeaux. Les propriétés mécaniques de l'interface entre le sol (limon) et le bois ont été étudiées à partir d'une campagne d'essais en laboratoire à la boîte de cisaillement direct. Des essais de cisaillement d'interface avec le mortier et l'acier ont également été réalisés. L'influence de la rugosité des matériaux et de la teneur en eau du limon sur les propriétés de résistance d'interface a été examinée. Les essais de cisaillement en laboratoire ont été complétés par la réalisation de deux plots expérimentaux sur lesquels des pieux en bois ont été battus et chargés en compression. Les pieux ont été préalablement munis d'un système d'instrumentation accueillant un chapelet d'extensomètres amovibles. Les résultats de ces essais de chargement ont été intégrés dans une base de données d'essais de pieux en bois construite à partir de données publiées dans la littérature. La démarche mise en œuvre pour établir les règles pressiométriques présentées dans la nouvelle norme d'application nationale de l'Eurocode 7 a été reprise et modifiée. Les études statistiques menées à partir de cette base de données ont permis de proposer un modèle de calcul des résistances de pointe et de frottement des pieux en bois battus dans les argiles limons et les sables graves
Many buildings and bridges built on timber pile foundations still stand in France. The bridges on rivers “Loire” and “Seine”, the castle of Chambord, the “Grand Palais” in Paris are a few examples of French monuments founded on timber piles. However, despite a large number of buildings and bridges constructed in France, the feedback on the residual bearing capacity and the degradation of timber piles is scarce. The main objectives of this work, which is part of the “Pieux Bois” national research project, are, on the one hand, to define a methodology in order to analyze timber pile foundations degradation, and on the other hand, to propose a design method of timber piles based on the results obtained from pressuremeter tests. The state of the art made in the national project identified about one hundred French bridges built on timber piles between the Middle Ages and the industrial era. They are mainly located in basins of rivers. Pathologies were observed on bridges and reinforcement solutions were implemented in order to avoid any future problems. The methodology for the inspection of timber pile foundations given in the Dutch guide was applied to investigate the degradation of timber piles under an existing railway bridge near Bordeaux. Series of laboratory tests were carried out on soil (silt) and wood with a direct shear box. The mechanical properties of the interface were studied. Shear tests between mortar, steel and silt were also carried out. The influence of material roughness and silt moisture content on the shear strength properties of the interface was examined. In addition, timber piles were driven and loaded on two experimental sites. The timber piles were instrumented with removable extensometers. The results of these load tests were included in a database which contained timber piles loading test results published in literature. The approach adopted to establish the design method of deep foundation based on the results obtained from pressuremeter tests described in the new national standard for application of Eurocode 7 was modified. A new model of calculation of timber piles shaft and base resistance driven in clay silt and sand gravels was determined with statistical studies from this database

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Bransby, Mark Fraser. "Piled foundations adjacent to surcharge loads." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251968.

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Stringer, Mark. "The axial behaviour of piled foundations in liquefiable soil." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/243637.

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Understanding the mechanisms by which any engineering structure resists load is an essential requirement for its consistent and reliable design. The axial resistance which can be mobilised by piled foundations in liquefiable soils when subjected to strong shaking remains highly uncertain, and a number of piled foundations have failed in strong earthquakes as recently as 2011 . The lack of visible foundation distress in many such cases indicates that failure can occur as a result of the loss of axial capacity during an earthquake, as opposed to the laterally-dominated failure modes which have been the focus of the research community for the last 20 to 30 years. In this thesis, a series of dynamic centrifuge experiments have been carried out to establish how the distribution of axial loads along the length of a pile changes during a strong earthquake. In each test, a 2 × 2 pile group was installed such that its tips were embedded in a dense sand layer which was overlain by liquefiable soil. The tests examine the effects arising from the hydraulic conductivity in the bearing layer, the influence of axial pile cap support and finally whether there are any differences in the behaviour of nominally jacked or bored piles under seismic loading. The pile cap has been shown to play a substantial role in supporting axial loads during strong shaking. In cases where the pile cap was unable to support axial load, the majority of the axial loading was carried as pile end bearing, with some shaft friction being mobilised in both the liquefiable and bearing soil layers as a result of relative lateral displacements between the soil and pile. However, where the pile cap is able to support axial loads, the settlement of the pile cap into the soil led to a dramatic transfer of axial load away from the piles and onto the pile cap. These results imply that where substantial excess pore pressures may be generated at the depth of the pile tip, then the pile caps must be able to support significant axial load. The increased effective stresses below the pile cap were responsible for the mobilisation of shaft friction on the section of pile within the liquefiable layer. However, these piles were unable to mobilise shaft friction in the bearing layer due to the reduced lateral loading on the piles. The axial behaviour of the piled foundations after the end of strong shaking is affected by the recovery of pile end bearing capacity and is therefore strongly dependent on the hydraulic conductivity of the bearing layer. The axial behaviour of nominally bored and jacked pile groups in liquefiable soil deposits are very different under seismic excitation, with the installation process of the latter substantially altering the soil conditions around the tips of the pile, such that in contrast to the bored pile groups, the jacked pile groups did not accumulate settlements until significantly after the strong shaking had commenced. These results imply that the method of installation is an important factor in the seismic response of a foundation, and may be more pronounced for real earthquakes where the number of strong shaking cycles may be more limited than those simulated in the experiments.

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Ha, Inho. "Seismic performance of CIDH pile supported foundation /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3059909.

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BORGA, PAULA CECILIA. "DESIGN PARAMETER FOR EVALUATION OF PILE FOUNDATION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2001. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=2037@1.

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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
Os projetos de capacidade de suporte de estacas estão baseados em dados de ensaio de campo de maneira direta ou indireta. Devido a sua praticidade, os métodos empíricos são amplamente utilizados. No Brasil os métodos de Decourt e Quaresma (1978, 1982) e de Aoki e Velloso (1975) se destacam. Este trabalho procura avaliar o uso de dados de SPT e CPT para estimativa de parâmetros geotécnicos necessários na previsão de capacidade de suporte de estacas através de métodos teóricos. São apresentadas e avaliadas formulações empíricas de estimativa de parâmetros para materiais granulares e materiais argilosos. Outro elemento importante na previsão da capacidade de suporte é o estado de tensões atuante em torno da estaca que é analisado através de considerações a respeito do coeficiente de empuxo. Finalmente, são mostrados alguns resultados de provas de carga para a análise da seleção de parâmetros e do estado de tensões, além de uma avaliação dos métodos empíricos de previsão de capacidade de suporte.
The main objective of this thesis is to discuss the applicability of in-situ tests like the Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and the Cone Penetration Test (CPT) to determine directly the design parameters to predict the bearing capacity of pile foundations. In case it will be considered the use of empirical correlation to indicate the mechanical properties of the soil in terms of shear resistance, and the application of these values directly in the classic formulation based on the theory of equilibrium limit to evaluate distinctly the shaft and the base resistance of piles. Adaptations of these values will be proceeded considering aspects related with the non-linear behavior of the soil; the mechanism of load transfer and the influence of the constructive aspects.The results obtained through this new methodology will be compared with experimental results, obtained from static and dynamic load tests and also with other empiric procedures that use the results obtained from in-situ tests to evaluate directly the bearing capacity of deep foundations.

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Garcia, Jean Rodrigo 1980. "Análise experimental e numérica de radiers estaqueados executados em solo da região de Campinas/SP." [s.n.], 2015. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257985.

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Orientador: Paulo Jose Rocha de Albuquerque
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo
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Resumo: Nesta pesquisa, analisou-se o comportamento de quatro radiers estaqueados, executados a partir de conjuntos de blocos compostos por estacas mecanicamente escavadas a trado, com 5 m de comprimento e 0,25 m de diâmetro (D), executados em solo de diabásio da região de Campinas/SP. Para tanto, foram executados blocos de fundação tipo radier estaqueado, compostos de uma, duas, três e quatro estacas, espaçadas de 5D. Esses blocos de fundação foram ensaiados a partir de provas de carga do tipo estática e lenta (SML), seguindo as prescrições da NBR12131/2006. As estacas foram instrumentadas em profundidade com strain-gages posicionados no topo e na ponta, com a finalidade de avaliar o mecanismo de distribuição de carga em profundidade, assim como avaliar as parcelas de contribuição de cada elemento (estaca e radier) na capacidade do radier estaqueado. Para melhor entender o comportamento desse tipo de fundação utilizou-se de análises tridimensionais (3D) por elementos finitos, por meio do software LCPC-Cesar. O modelo constitutivo utilizado foi de Mohr-Coulomb, que leva em consideração o comportamento elastoplástico do solo. Os resultados experimentais apontaram uma contribuição média devido ao contato radier-solo de 21% e 79% devido às estacas (lateral + ponta), em relação à capacidade total delas. Os resultados numéricos, justificados pela dificuldade em representar o efeito de escorregamento do contato entre o elemento de fundação e o solo, demonstraram maior participação pelo contato (36%) e menor parcela devido às estacas (64%). As análises numéricas de grupos de estacas, comparadas aos radiers estaqueados, demonstraram que a maior participação da resistência de ponta é gerada em função da existência do efeito de contato
Abstract: This research analyzed the behavior of four piled rafts executed from sets of blocks composed by mechanically augered piles. The piles, with 5m long, 0.25m diameter (D) were executed in diabase soil from the region of Campinas/SP. With this purpose, foundation blocks comprising one, two, three and four piles with spacing of 5D were executed in contact with the soil. These foundation blocks underwent slow maintained load tests (SML) per prescriptions of NBR12131/2006. The piles were instrumented at depth with strain-gages placed at the top and at the tip in order to assess the mechanism of load distribution in depth, and also to asses the percentage of contribution of each element (pile and radier) on the capacity of the piled rafts. To get a better understanding of this type of foundation, three-dimensional (3D) finite element analyses were made by means of the LCPC-Cesar software program. The constitutive model used was the Mohr-Coulomb, which takes the elastoplastic behavior of the soil in consideration. The experimental results indicated a mean contribution via contact of 21% and 79% due to the piles (lateral + tip) in comparison to their total capacity. The numerical results, justified by the difficulty to represent the effect of 'breaking' the contact between the foundation element and the soil, demonstrated greater participation of the contact (36%) and a smaller percentage due to the piles (64%). In comparison with the foundation blocks with contact, the numerical analyses from which the contact was eliminated demonstrated that the greater participation of tip resistance is generated as a function of the existence of the contact effect
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Chow, Fiona Ching-Man. "Investigations into the behaviour of displacement piles for offshore foundations." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/7894.

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