Single piles and pile groups under lateral loading. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lymon C. Reese, William Van Impe.
• Authors: Reese, Lymon C, 1917-; Van Impe, W. F
• Contents: Techniques for design; Introduction; Occurrence of laterally loaded piles; Nature of the soil response; Response of a pile to kinds of loading; Models for use in analyses of a single pile; Models for groups of piles under lateral loading; Status of current state-of-the-art; ; Derivation of equations and methods of solution; Introduction; Derivation of the differential equation; Solution for Epy =kpy x ; Validity of the mechanics; ; Models for response of soil and weak rock; Introduction; Mechanics concerning response of soil to lateral loading; Influence of diameter on p-y curves; Influence of cyclic loading; Experimental methods of obtaining p-y curves; Early recommendations for computing p-y curves; p-y curves for clays; p-y curves for sands above and below the water table; p-y curves for layered soils; p-y curves for soil with both cohesion and a friction angle; Other recommendations for computing p-y curves; Modifications to p-y curves for sloping ground; Effect of batter; Shearing force at bottom of pile; p-y curves for weak rock; Selection of p-y curves; ; Structural characteristics of piles; Introduction; Computation of an equivalent diameter of a pile with a noncircular cross section; Mechanics for computation of Mult and Ep Ip as a function of bending moment and axial load; Stress-strain curves for normal-weight concrete and structural steel; Implementation of the method for a steel h-section; Implementation of the method for a steel pipe; Implementation of the method for a reinforced-concrete section; Approximation of moment of inertia for a reinforced-concrete section; ; ; Analysis of groups of piles subjected to inclined and eccentric loading; Introduction; Approach to analysis of groups of piles; Review of theories for the response of groups of piles to inclined and eccentric loads; Rational equations for the response of a group of piles under generalized loading; Laterally loaded piles; Axially loaded piles; Closely-spaced piles under lateral loading; Proposals for solving for influence coefficients for closely-spaced piles under axial loading; Analysis of an experiment with batter piles; ; Analysis of single piles and groups of piles subjected to active and passive loading ; Nature of lateral loading; Active loading; Single piles or groups of piles subjected to active loading; Passive loading; Single piles or groups of piles subjected to passive loading; ; Case studies; Introduction; Piles installed into cohesive soils with no free water; Piles installed into cohesive soils with free water above ground surface; Piles installed in cohesionless soils; Piles installed into layered soils; Piles installed in c-φ soil; Piles installed in weak rock; Analysis of results of case studies; Comments on case studies; ; Testing of full-sized piles; Introduction; Designing the test program; Subsurface investigation; Installation of test pile; Testing techniques; Loading arrangements and instrumentation at the pile head; Testing for design of production piles; Example of testing a research pile for p-y curves; Summary; ; Implementation of factors of safety; Introduction; Limit states; Consequences of a failure; Philosophy concerning safety coefficient; Influence of nature of structure; Special problems in characterizing soil; Level of quality control; Two general approaches to selection of factor of safety; Global approach to selection of a factor of safety; Method of partial factors (psf); Method of load and resistance factors (LRFD); Concluding comment; ; Suggestions for design; Introduction; Range of factors to be considered in design; Validation of results from computations for single pile; Validation of results from computations for pile group; Additional steps in design; ; APPENDICES; Broms method for analysis of single piles under lateral loading; Nondimensional coefficients for piles with finite length, no axial load, constant Ep /Ip, and constant Epy ; Difference equations for step-tapered beams on foundations having variable stiffness; Computer Program COM622; Non-dimensional curves for piles under lateral loading for case where Epy =kpy x ; Tables of values of efficiency measured in tests of groups of piles under lateral loading; Horizontal stresses in soil near shaft during installation of a pile; Use of data from testing uninstrumented piles under lateral loading to obtain soil response; Eurocode principles related to geotechnical design; Discussion of factor of safety related to piles under axial load;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 624.154; Piling (Civil engineering); Lateral loads
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439894309
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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