Behavior of Jacked Steel Pipe Piles in Sand: Field Experimental Study
Associate Professor of Geotechnique, Department of Civil Engineering,
The Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine
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Behavior of Jacked Steel Pipe Piles in Sand: Field Experimental Study
Associate Professor of Geotechnique, Department of Civil Engineering, |
ABSTRACT |
Sixty-two axial compression tests were performed on full-scale jacked open-ended piles with different diameters at several lengths. The results of these tests have been analyzed, for piles of different diameter and length. The measured bearing capacities are compared with those predicted by the American Petroleum Institute. Analysis of pile load tests showed that the shaft friction increased with pile length. It has also been shown that no movement of the soil plug was recorded during static load tests at penetration lengths greater than two-pile diameter.
Keywords: Field jacked pile test, Dense sand, Plugging, Pile capacities.
