Design guidelines for increasing the lateral resistance of highway-bridge pile foundations by improving weak soils

• Main Author: Rollins, Kyle M.
• Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Other Authors: Brown, D. A.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2011.
• Series: Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ; 697.
• Subjects: Piling (Civil engineering); Soil stabilization.; Lateral loads.; Bridges > Foundations and piers.; Earth pressure.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781621982470; 1621982475; 9780309213417; 030921341X
• ISSN: 0077-5614 ;
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (99 pages) : illustrations.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Available ground improvement case histories and approaches
• Field load testing
• Finite element modeling of single pile load test
• Finite element modeling of pile group load test
• Parametric studies
• Development of simplified model
• Conclusions.