Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

resistance of the ground multiplied by the appropriate safety factor. The latter takes into account the risks of excessive total ...

application of different load factors depending on which of three ‘design approaches’is being used. The National Annex documents ...

the piles fail a loading test or fail to achieve the specified ‘set’criterion when at the design length. Quite a different proce ...

The contractor’s guarantee is usually limited to that of the load/settlement characteristics of a single pile and for soundness ...

Chapter 2 Types of pile 2.1 Classification of piles The British Standard Code of Practice for Foundations (BS8004: 1986) places ...

Types of pile 11 (7) Jacked-down steel tube with closed end (8) Jacked-down solid concrete cylinder. Large displacement piles (d ...

12 Types of pile Considering the first factor, some form of displacement pile is the first choice for a marine structure. A soli ...

needed to avoid creating preferential flow paths while piling which could allow contaminated groundwater and leachates to be tra ...

previous experience of the ground conditions in a particular locality is important in assessing the likely pile length on which ...

Types of pile 15 Timber piles, when situated wholly below groundwater level, are resistant to fungal decay and have an almost in ...

16 Types of pile logs but the centre-line of a sawn timber pile must not deviate by more than 25 mm from a straight line through ...

Types of pile 17 times the characteristic compressive strength measured parallel to the grain. While some increase in stress (up ...

18 Types of pile Heads of timber piles should be protected against splitting during driving by means of a mild steel hoop slippe ...

Types of pile 19 40 mm dia. dowel Screw positions Chamfer 4d 10 mm M.S. plate sleeve tarred on inside face d M.S. plates Dowel F ...

20 Types of pile End of timber dowelled to fit into recess in adjoining timber Figure 2.4Splicing timber piles in multiple lengt ...

Types of pile 21 BS8004 requires that piles should be designed to withstand the loads or stresses and to meet other serviceabili ...

Table 2.4 Basic code r equir ements f or structural design of concr ete and steel piles to BS 8004 and Eur ocode 7 Pile type BS ...

Cement content  300 kg/m 3  325 kg/m 3 in dr y conditions^375 kg/m 3 in submerged conditions^350 kg/m 3 for semi-dr y concr ...

24 Types of pile To comply with the requirements of BS8110 precast piles of either ordinary or prestressed concrete should have ...

Types of pile 25 BSEN 12794 states that longitudinal reinforcement shall be a minimum diameter of 8 mm with at least one bar pla ...