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Assessing Driven Steel Pile Capacity on Rock Using Empirical Approaches

dc.contributor.authorMorton, Timothy Scott
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Applied Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerJoseph Mooreen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. Lei Liuen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Don Jonesen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Craig Lakeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-28T18:07:02Z
dc.date.available2012-08-28T18:07:02Z
dc.date.defence2012-08-17
dc.date.issued2012-08-28
dc.description.abstractMethods of determining pile toe capacity for both small displacement driven steel piles and drilled sockets were collected. Working in conjunction with a local consulting firm, records of previous pile driving sites were collected. A process to determine quality data for use in this work was developed by the author including information from geotechnical site investigations, pile driving records and pile driving analysis records. By plotting unconfined compressive strength of rock versus measured ultimate pile toe capacity of these piles, a best fit line of 7.5qu and a series of confidence intervals were established for the site records. This best fit line was compared to all of the previously reviews design methods for calculating ultimate pile toe capacity. Rehnman and Broms (1971) was determined to be the most effective existing method while most of the methods for drilled sockets were overly conservative when applied to small displacement driven steel piles.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/15407
dc.subjectpile capacityen_US
dc.subjectdriven pileen_US
dc.subjecttoe capacityen_US
dc.titleAssessing Driven Steel Pile Capacity on Rock Using Empirical Approachesen_US

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