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Title:

PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF PIERS IN EXPANSIVE SOILS

Accession Number:

00625718

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309054028

Abstract:

The design of drilled piers in expansive soils requires a considerable amount of site-specific data. The cost associated with acquiring these data is seldom justifiable by the cost of the foundation. In general, some of the design parameters can be reasonably estimated for each site; however, other design parameters are effectively unavailable in routine design. A probabilistic analysis is proposed to incorporate some site-specific information to other design parameters selected from data bases. The proposed methodology is flexible enough to allow different design parameters to be incorporated as site-specific information. In this manner, a preliminary design can be accomplished without incorporating any site-specific information. The data bases assembled from existing data in the technical literature are described, as well as the analysis of these data to select probability density distributions for the different design parameters. A proposed analysis methodology is also described, and example runs for a hypothetical case are illustrated.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1362, Aggregate and Pavement-Related Research. 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 Accession #:

01405044

Language:

English

Authors:

Ferregut, C
Picornell, M
Pendones, J A

Pagination:

p. 118-125

Publication Date:

1992

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1362
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309054028

Features:

Figures (9) ; References (7) ; Tables (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Probabilistic analysis

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 8 1993 12:00AM

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