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Testing of Foundation Piles

H. van Koten / P. Middendorp

Due to the development of heavy structures and high-rise buildings in the last decades, the application of foundation piles in areas with soft upper strata has increased considerably. The quality of the foundation is one of the most important factors that determine the safety and overall stability of a structure. Two methods based on stress wave analysis, which enable the quality of a pile foundation to be determined quickly, economically and reliably have been developed. The first method, called integrity testing, provides information on pile length, deformations, cracks and other discontinuities. The second method, called the (dynamic) bearing capacity test, is concerned with the prediction of the bearing capacity of a pile in terms of toe resistance, skin friction and settlement under static loading.

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Testing of Foundation Piles

H. van Koten / P. Middendorp

Due to the development of heavy structures and high-rise buildings in the last decades, the application of foundation piles in areas with soft upper strata has increased considerably. The quality of the foundation is one of the most important factors that determine the safety and overall stability of a structure. Two methods based on stress wave analysis, which enable the quality of a pile foundation to be determined quickly, economically and reliably have been developed. The first method, called integrity testing, provides information on pile length, deformations, cracks and other discontinuities. The second method, called the (dynamic) bearing capacity test, is concerned with the prediction of the bearing capacity of a pile in terms of toe resistance, skin friction and settlement under static loading.

Testing of Foundation Piles

H. van Koten / P. Middendorp

Due to the development of heavy structures and high-rise buildings in the last decades, the application of foundation piles in areas with soft upper strata has increased considerably. The quality of the foundation is one of the most important factors that determine the safety and overall stability of a structure. Two methods based on stress wave analysis, which enable the quality of a pile foundation to be determined quickly, economically and reliably have been developed. The first method, called integrity testing, provides information on pile length, deformations, cracks and other discontinuities. The second method, called the (dynamic) bearing capacity test, is concerned with the prediction of the bearing capacity of a pile in terms of toe resistance, skin friction and settlement under static loading.

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Title:

Testing of Foundation Piles

Contributors:

H. van Koten (author) / P. Middendorp (author)

Publication date:

1981

Size:

48 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Civil Engineering , Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Structural Analyses , Pile foundations , Dynamic tests , Dynamic response , Stress analysis , Bearing capacity , Compression tests , Skin friction , Soils , Penetration , Foreign technology , Computer applications

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