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mobile
equipment,
which,
under
pierare
pile foundations.
lateral loads.
mmor
more,
reinforcement
with
and
or
with
without
or
steel
without
an
Disadvantages:
1. The
concreting
operation
may
be
from
side
friction
at
the
shaft
in Figure 12.2
2. Casing
Method
of
excessive
method of construction.
Step
encountered,
deformation
2.When
the
is
likely
caving
bentonite
soil
slurry
to
is
is
Construction Procedures
There
are
three
major
types
of
impermeable
encountered.
or
rock
is
soil
8.
Figure
12.3h
shows
the
3. Wet
Method of Construction
during
excavation.
the
entire
(See
depth
Figure
of
12.4.)
4.
Figure
12.4d
shows
the
drilled
shaft
under
Kelly
bar.
2. Kelly Bar
-usually attached to a crane, or built
into a truck or modified excavator.
Materials
Rebar
cage-
is
constructed
of
have
plan
dimensions BxL, where L is the
longer dimension. These are
useful
when
obstructions
prevent construction of a square
footing with sufficiently large
base area and when large
moment loads are present.
c) Circular Spread Footings
are round in plain view. These
are most frequently used as
of
placing
concrete
in
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at
exc
ava
tio
n
b) Ne
at
exc
ava
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wit
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for
ms
c) For
me
d
foo
tin
g
wit
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PILE FOUNDATION
piles
FUCNTION OF PILES
-To transmit the buildings loads to
the foundations and the ground soil
layers whether these loads vertical
or inclined
-To install loose cohesion less soil
through
displacement
and
vibration.
-To control the settlements; which
can be accompanied by surface
foundations.
-To increase the factor of safety for
heavy loads buildings. A structure
can be founded on piles if the soil
immediately
beneath
Friction
Piles(Floating
pile
foundation)
-the process of driving such piles
does not compact the soil appreciably.
friction
piles
4. Composite Piles
Precast (typically prestressed)
-may be defined as a reinforced
concrete pile which is moulded in
circular, square, rectangular or
octagonal form.
Steel (H-pile)
are
dimensionally
square
structural beams that are driven in
the ground for deep foundation
applications
- are also used in conjunction with
sheet piles to add lateral
stiffness and bending
resistance where loads exceed the
capacity of sheet piles alone.
Composite piles
-are
made
of
two
different
materials. A composite pile may
consist of the lower portion of castin-situ concrete. Composite piles
are used rarely as it is difficult to
provide proper joint between two
or more materials.