Deep Foundations and Geotechnical in Situ Testing - 9780784411063

Traditional driven piles and drilled shafts and innovative deep foundation construction technologies are explored by the 49 technical papers, along with in situ geotechnical testing and monitoring techniques. The keynote paper discusses bearing capacity and deformation characteristics of uplift piles in soft ground. Other topics include structural characteristics and the key technical design of wind turbine foundations in the Shanghai Donghai-Bridge Offshore Wind Farm, predicting pile setup and its resistance factors for southern Louisiana, the axial capacity of drilled shafts in clay over gravel formations, effects of cyclic frequency and pre-loading on the behavior of plate anchors, numerical simulations of a tube-installed displacement pile in sand using the stress-controlled method, the strength and deformation of characteristics of lagoonal clay deposits in China's Lixia River area by seismic piezocone tests, and monitoring in situ soil moisture variation of expansive clay using neutron probes. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)