Behavior of Pipe Piles in Sand: Plugging & Pore-Water Pressure Generation During Installation and Loading

By Magued Iskander

Book Overview

One of the major difficulties in predicting the capacity of pipe piles in sand has resulted from a lack of understanding of the physical processes that control the behavior of piles during installation and loading. This monograph presents a detailed blue print for developing experimental facilities necessary to identify these processes. These facilities include a unique instrumented double-walled pipe-pile that is used to delineate the frictional stresses acting against the external and internal surfaces of the pile. The pile is fitted with miniature pore-pressure transducers to monitor the generation of pore water pressure during installation and loading. A fast automatic laboratory pile hammer capable of representing the phenomena that occur during pile driving was also developed and used.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642131077
• ISBN13: 9783642131073
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"