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A simple approach for calculating pile skin friction in clays

Conference ·
OSTI ID:256973
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  1. Kvaerner Earl and Wright, London (United Kingdom)
A simple method is presented for calculating static shaft resistance of a pile driven into clay. The method is based on correlations established for North Sea clays between index properties and strengths. Application of the method to half a dozen full scale pile load tests which are part of the API RP2A`s data base and include a wide range of plasticity properties, overconsolidation ratios and strengths, is described. Except for short piles in very stiff to hard clays, the predictions agree very well with the measurements. The correlations presented allows an assessment of residual skin friction and indicate the importance of the liquidity index of the clay in static capacity calculations.
OSTI ID:
256973
Report Number(s):
CONF-950604--; ISBN 1-880653-17-6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English