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Title: TYPES OF PILES: THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND GENERAL USE
Accession Number: 00233007
Record Type: Component
Abstract: A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT PRACTICE AND USAGE OF THE NUMEROUS TYPES OF PILE IN GENERAL CONSTRUCTION IS PRESENTED. INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM A REVIEW OF EXISTING LITERATURE AND FROM FIELD EXPERIENCE. THE PURPOSE OF PILE FOUNDATIONS & THE VARIOUS FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION OF A TYPE OF PILE ARE REVIEWED. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE GENERAL, PHYSICAL, AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PILES AS WELL AS DURABILITY AND FABRICATION. DATA ARE PRESENTED ON THE INHERENT ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF PILES AND ON CORRESPONDING OPTIMUM PILE LENGTH AND LOAD RANGE. INFORMATION AND DATA ARE PRESENTED ON THE FIELD PROBLEMS OF PILE INSTALLATIONS AND THE PROPER METHOD OF HANDLING AND TREATMENT TO AVOID DAMAGE OR FAILURE OF CRITICAL PILE SECTIONS. THE FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION IS SUPPLEMENTED BY CASE HISTORIES. /AUTHOR/
Supplemental Notes: Paper sponsored by Committee on Substructures, Retaining Walls and Foundations and presented at the 49th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410271
Authors: Grand, Bernard APagination: pp 3-15
Publication Date: 1970
Serial: Conference:
49th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
Location:
Washington District of Columbia, United States Media Type: Print
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: May 26 1971 12:00AM
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