Design of Rock Socketed Drilled Shafts

Design of Rock Socketed Drilled Shafts
Author: Jamal Nusairat
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2006
Genre: Bridges
ISBN:

This project was aimed at evaluating and developing design methods for laterally loaded drilled shafts socketed in rock. Five lateral load tests on rock socketed drilled shafts with full range of instrumentation were conducted in Ohio. Detailed instrumentation included the use of vibrating wire strain gages, inclinometers, dial gages, and load cells. P-y curves representing site-specific lateral shaft-rock interaction were deduced from strain data. Field testing included the use of a borehole pressuremeter/dilatometer to obtain measurements that were correlated with rock mass strength and deformation parameters as well as with p-y curves. A comparison was made between the baseline p-y curves deduced from strain data of lateral load tests, the p-y curves predicted by using Reese's interim criterion, and the p-y curves from the pressuremeter tests in rock. A new hyperbolic p-y criterion for rock is proposed based on the field test data and extensive theoretical work. Validation of the proposed p-y criterion of rock was carried out by comparing the predictions of shaft deflections and bending moments using the hyperbolic p-y criterion against actual lateral load tests results. Based on the findings of this study, a complete solution for the design of drilled shafts socketed in rock or intermediate geomaterials under lateral loads is provided.

Drilled Shafts

Drilled Shafts
Author: Michael W. O'Neill
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1999
Genre: Foundations
ISBN:

Rock-socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations

Rock-socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations
Author: John P. Turner
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2006
Genre: Bridges
ISBN: 0309097681

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 360: Rock-Socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations explores current practices pertaining to each step of the design process, along with the limitations; identifies emerging and promising technologies; examines the principal challenges in advancing the state of the practice; and investigates future developments and potential improvements in the use and design of rock-socketed shafts.

Subsurface Conditions

Subsurface Conditions
Author: Michael Shaw Rosenbaum
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2003-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540437762

Characterisation of the shallow subsurface provides civil, geotechnical and environmental applications with precise definitions of geomechanical and geohydrological properties. Over the past decade, the rapid pace of technological innovation has outstripped the ability of many researchers and potential users to evaluate and adopt promising new characterisation methods. Modern information technologies and information management concepts provide the basis of new paradigms and applications. This book defines future research needs for geological modelling and ground characterisation, including better dialogue between data provides and users and faster, better and less expensive methods for the creation and dissemination of subsurface characterisations.