RESIDUAL DRIVING STRESSES AND VERTICALLY LOADED PILES IN COHESIONLESS SOILS.

The main focus of the pile foundation research is to develop improved design and predictive techniques for single piles and pile groups. Current research involves laboratory and full-scale field experiments to better define single pile behavior as a function of pile geometry, material type, and soil properties. A simple, reliable method for relating single pile behavior to group behavior also will be developed. A complete understanding of residual driving stresses in piles is necessary to accurately define pile-soil interaction. Current design procedures will be adjusted to incorporate residual driving stresses as warranted by the experimental analysis.

RESIDUAL DRIVING STRESSES AND VERTICALLY LOADED PILES IN COHESIONLESS SOILS. Academic Article