COMPORTANMIENTO DE PILOTES ME FRICCION EN ARCILLA DEL VALLE DE MExIcO ALBERTO JAIME* MIGUEL P ROMO* DANIEL RESENDIZ** * Investigador, Instituto de Ingenieria, UNAM ** Director, Facultad de Ingenieria, UNAMReal RESUMEN NOTACION InTRoDUCC ION Antecedentes Objetivos Atcances INFORMACION GENERAL Sitio de Los ensayes Pikotes Sistema de carga estética Sistena de carga ctckica ENSAYES ESTATICOS Pruebas de penetracién Prueba de extraccién Discusion de Los resultados ENSAYES CTCLICoS Pruebas de carga ctclica Ensayes de conte simple Discuségn de Los resultados COMPORTAKIENTO DE PILOTES BAJO CARGA CICLICA Goneratidades Aplicaci6n det modeto Comentarios DISENO DE PILOTES DE FRICCION BAYO CARGA STSHICA CONCLUS 10HES RECONOC IMI ENTO REFERENCIAS TABLAS Y FIGURAS 12 14 18 23 23 25 26 33 32 36 39 43 43 4h 46 4g! 6 63 65ABSTRACT Results of static and cyclic load tests carried out on concrete piles driven in-Mexico City clay show several significant characteristics of the behavior of friction piles. First, the maximum penetration load capacity depends upon the applied load velocity, the higher the velocity the higher the capacity. Second, the velocity has also a similar influ- ence on the mean slope of the load vs displacement curve. Third, friction pull out capacity attains a maximum value equal to the friction’ penetra- tion capacity; even though, the extraction load vs displacement curve is different from the corresponding one in penetration. The parameter o used in bearing capacity of friction piles is found to be equal to 1.2 for Mex- ico City clay. Finally, the cyclic vertical reaction modulus is constant throughout a very wide range of cyclic load values.