Load-settlement behaviour of socketed piles in sandstone

Nine Static vertical pile loading tests were carried out in Abu-Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates in order to assess the end bearing capacity and settlement of piles bored in slightly silty sands overlying soft rocky horizons like sandstone and calcarenite. The paper is aimed at presenting the results...

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Published in:Geotechnical and geological engineering 2003, Vol.21 (4), p.389-398
Main Author: BOUAFIA, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bearing capacity
Calcarenite
Compressive strength
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics
Engineering geology
Exact sciences and technology
Pile settlement
Pile tests
Piles
Sandstone
Sedimentary rocks
Vertical loads
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Summary:Nine Static vertical pile loading tests were carried out in Abu-Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates in order to assess the end bearing capacity and settlement of piles bored in slightly silty sands overlying soft rocky horizons like sandstone and calcarenite. The paper is aimed at presenting the results of interpretation of the pile tests in order to estimate the end bearing capacity in correlation with the unconfined compressive strength Rc and the rock quality designation (RQD). Load-settlement behaviour is also studied through an analysis by the elastic methods commonly used in pile design.
ISSN:0960-3182
1573-1529
DOI:10.1023/B:GEGE.0000006054.41844.53