A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Piles Driven in Sand

The first public resource containing the most comprehensive database of tests on driven piles in sands

Zhongxuan Yang (Author), Richard Jardine (Author), Wangbo Guo (Author), Fiona Chow (Author)

9780128046555, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 11 November 2015

262 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.43 kg

A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Driven Piles in Sands reviews the critical need to develop better load-test databases for piles driven in sands. The key quality parameters, population of current entries and reporting formats are described before offering preliminary results obtained from comparisons between axial capacities calculated by various predictive approaches and site measurements. This book also shows that the "simplified" and "offshore" ICP and UWA variants proposed by some practitioners are over-conservative and that their use could be discontinued. The new pile capacity and stiffness database offers a broad scope for evaluating potential prediction biases relating to a wide range of soil and pile parameters. Submission of further high quality tests for inclusion in regularly updated versions is encouraged.

Preface1 Introduction2 Design methods and database assessments3 Description of the extended ZJU-IC database4 Calculation methods applied in database analysis5 Preliminary database analysis of method reliabilities6 Future perspectives7 Summary and conclusionsReferenceAppendix: Detailed listings of database entries

Subject Areas: Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG]