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Use of Displacement Piles to Improve Slope Stability at Port of Los Angeles Berth 100 Wharf
This paper presents the design and construction considerations involved in the use of displacement piles to improve the slope stability at the Port of Los Angeles (Port) Berth 100 container wharf project. This is a method that had not previously been used in the Port area. The Berth 100 wharf was to be built on an existing slope that did not match the final required slope geometry, and did not possess adequate geotechnical properties to satisfy the Port's slope-stability requirements during a seismic event. The project was also to be constructed under a short schedule, and in coordination with adjacent backland development and channel dredging projects. A comprehensive geotechnical study was performed, including field investigation, laboratory testing, and analyses, using both simplified and finite-element methods. Several methods to mitigate the slope's inadequate factors-of-safety for slope stability were considered, and the use of displacement piles was selected as the most cost-effective, timely, and appropriate method of remediation.
Use of Displacement Piles to Improve Slope Stability at Port of Los Angeles Berth 100 Wharf
This paper presents the design and construction considerations involved in the use of displacement piles to improve the slope stability at the Port of Los Angeles (Port) Berth 100 container wharf project. This is a method that had not previously been used in the Port area. The Berth 100 wharf was to be built on an existing slope that did not match the final required slope geometry, and did not possess adequate geotechnical properties to satisfy the Port's slope-stability requirements during a seismic event. The project was also to be constructed under a short schedule, and in coordination with adjacent backland development and channel dredging projects. A comprehensive geotechnical study was performed, including field investigation, laboratory testing, and analyses, using both simplified and finite-element methods. Several methods to mitigate the slope's inadequate factors-of-safety for slope stability were considered, and the use of displacement piles was selected as the most cost-effective, timely, and appropriate method of remediation.
Use of Displacement Piles to Improve Slope Stability at Port of Los Angeles Berth 100 Wharf
Zmuda, R. (author) / Arulmoli, K. (author)
Ports Conference 2004 ; 2004 ; Houston, Texas, United States
Ports 2004 ; 1-10
2004-05-13
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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