Theory and Practice of Pile Foundations

Strength and Stiffness from In Situ Tests Standard Penetration Tests (SPT) Cone Penetration Tests Soil Stiffness Stiffness and Strength of Rock Capacity of Vertically Loaded Piles Introduction Capacity of Single Piles Capacity of Single Piles in Rock Negative Skin Friction Capacity of pile groups Mechanism and Models for Pile-Soil Interaction Concentric Cylinder Model (CCM) Nonlinear Concentric Cylinder Model Time-Dependent CCM Torque-Rotation Transfer Model Coupled Elastic Model for Lateral Piles Elastic-Plastic Model for Lateral Piles Vertically Loaded Single Piles Introduction Load Transfer Models Overall Pile-Soil Interaction Parametric Study Load Settlement Settlement Influence Factor Summary Capacity for Strain Softening Soil Capacity and Cyclic Amplitude Time-Dependent Response of Vertically Loaded Piles Visco-Elastic Load Transfer Behavior Visco-Elastic Consolidation Settlement of Pile Groups Introduction Empirical Methods Shallow Footing Analogy Numerical Methods Boundary Element Approach: GASGROUP Elastic Solutions for Laterally Loaded Piles Introduction Overall Pile Response Validation Parametric Study Subgrade Modulus and Design Charts Pile Group Response Conclusion Laterally Loaded Rigid Piles Introduction Elastic Plastic Solutions Capacity and Lateral-Moment Loading Loci Comparison with Existing Solutions Illustrative Examples Summary Laterally Loaded Free-Head Piles Introduction Solutions for Pile-Soil System Slip Depth Versus Nonlinear Response Calculations for Typical Piles Comments on Use of Current Solutions Response of Piles Under Cyclic Loading Response of Free-Head Groups Summary Structural Nonlinearity and Response of Rock-Socket Piles Introduction Solutions for Laterally Loaded Shafts Nonlinear Structural Behavior of Shafts Nonlinear Piles in Sand/Clay Rock-Socketed Shafts Conclusion Laterally Loaded Pile Groups Introduction Overall Solutions for a Single Pile Nonlinear Response of Single Piles and Pile Groups Examples Conclusions Design of Passive Piles Introduction Mechanism for Passive Pile-Soil Interaction Elastic-Plastic (EP) Solutions pu -Based Solutions (Rigid Piles) E-E, EP-EP Solutions (Deep Sliding-Flexible Piles) Design Charts Case Study Conclusion Physical Modeling on Passive Piles Introduction Apparatus and Test Procedures Test Results Simple Solutions Conclusion Acknowledgment References Index