Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

platform to extend the shafts to depths of 114 to 117 m using bentonite to maintain hole stability. Reinforcement cages were ins ...

At the time of a major flood more than one-half of the shaft friction available from the soil below river bed level under dry co ...

on the river bed, through which the pile casings were driven. On completion of piling, protection was provided by layers of quar ...

the overhanging bows of a ship and the bridge pier or pile if the vessel should ride up the slope of the island when drifting ou ...

conditions where a sufficient period of time is available for the concrete to set before the bottom of the box is submerged. Arr ...

on shore as a single buoyant unit lowered on to the sea bed followed by driving piles through peripheral skirts in a manner simi ...

9.7 Piled foundations in karst The design and construction of piles for structures on land underlain by limestone formations whi ...

cost-effective alternatives for 1 371 mm diameter, steel ‘caisson’piles up to 30 m deep, in karstic dolomite(9.40). 160No microp ...

with a 5 m deep probe at each pile tip to locate cavities. The pile hole was extended by under- reaming where the probes located ...

The ground temperature around the pile in a heat extraction system using brine will be lowered by around 5 C, and there is no ev ...

9.17FORIERO, A., St-LAURENT, N., and LADANYI, B. Laterally loaded pile study in permafrost of Northern Quebec, Canada, American ...

9.40URANOWSKI, D. D., DODDS, S., and STONECHECK, P. E. Micropiles in karstic dolomite; similarities and differences of two case ...

10.1 General In all situations consideration must be given to the possibility of the deterioration of piled foundations due to a ...

The durability of piled foundations 479 industrial or household refuse, and floating rubbish discharged from ships or harbour st ...

Figure 10.1Decay of timber piles above groundwater level (Crown copyright reserved) (a) Cavities left by complete decay of piles ...

The durability of piled foundations 481 Precautions against fungal attack must be commenced at the time that the timber is felle ...

untreated, careful attention should be paid to bolt holes. When these are drilled after the main impregnation treatment, preserv ...

The young molluscan borers enter the timber through minute holes in the surface or through incisions. They then grow to a consid ...

12 3 INS. (b) Figure 10.2Continued. ...

martesiawith some teredo, and at Colombo. The observations of the relative severity of attack after 10^1 ⁄ 2 years of exposure w ...