The Effect of Long Installation on the Pile Characteristics.

Document Type : Research Studies

Author

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

Abstract

This article investigate the effect of long installation on the pile characteristics for cost an-place vibro piles.
Twetey one non destructive integrity tests using the mechanical impedance steady state dynamic method were done on 21 piles having long installation time. All tests except one show that the piles considered to be sound. A load test on one pile gives gross settlement of 4 mm under 1.5 of the working load.

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