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  • DFI
    Evaluating Efficiency of Geo5 in the Analysis of Pile Foundation

    By Elizabeth Varghese, Sanket Rawat, Prachuryya Kaushik, Ravi Kant Mittal

    "Geo5 Software is gaining popularity worldwide due to its expediency in analysis and design of pile foundation. The analysis is based on various theoretical, empirical and semi-empirical methods avail

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Deep Open Excavation In Chicago Downtown Area For Red Line And Blue Line Subway Connection At Block 37

    By Gordon Chen

    The Block 37 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Tunnel Construction Project was originally designed by STV to connect Blue Line subway in North Dearborn Street and Red Line subway in State Street in the

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    Information Construction Technology For Supported Excavation In Urban Construction

    By Sun Jiale

    This paper presents a brief description of information construction technology for supported excavation to assure satisfactory performance of engineered system. As a successful example of application

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Preserving The Foundations Of Some Of Boston?s Oldest Buildings

    By Michael J. Atwood

    Many buildings in Boston are founded on untreated wood piles, which can deteriorate and lose their structural capacity if groundwater levels are lowered below the tops of the piles, exposing the wood

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Innovations in the Design and Construction of Marine Foundations

    By Robert B. Bittner

    "AbstractLarge diameter tubular piles offer significant advantages in terms of design performance and economy for major marine structures. This is particularly true for foundations of major overwater

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    New Focus: Environmental Impact Reduction of Proper Slurry Waste Management

    By Zachary Q. Maassen

    The purpose of this paper is to highlight the environmental benefits of properly managing slurry waste as it is generated on site. The following projects will be used to illustrate the importance of p

    Jan 1, 2018

  • DFI
    Development of Site-Specific Acceleration Response Spectra fora Liquefiable Bridge Site

    By S. Ali Bastani, Ashley Varni

    Design acceleration response spectra (ARS) are directly correlated with dynamic forces and estimated dynamic bridge displacements, which make them a critical aspect of dynamic bridge design. Nonlinear

    Jan 1, 2018

  • DFI
    Case History: Deep Soil-Cement Mixing At The I-90/I-93NB Interchange On The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, Contract C09A7 At Fort Point Channel Site, Boston, MA - Synopsis

    By Robert Jakiel

    The following paper is being presented to provide an understanding of the Deep Soil-Cement Mixing (DMM) performed at Contract C09A7 at the Fort Point Channel Site (FPC), for the I-90/I-93 Interchange

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Deep Foundations In Hong Kong - Synopsis

    By Martin Pratt

    This paper is an overview of deep foundation engineering in Hong Kong past, present and future. The enormity of the subject compared with the space available makes brevity inevitable. Issues of constr

    Jan 1, 2000

  • DFI
    Structural Seismic Design Of Fashion Island Boulevard Bridge Earthquake Repair State Bridge No. 35C-160 San Mateo, California - 1 Assessment Of The Existing Bridge

    By Roy M. Schnabel

    The Fashion Island Boulevard Bridge over the Marina Lagoon in San Mateo, California is an eight span precast, prestressed concrete girder bridge. It is approximately 495 feet in length and 61 feet in

    Jan 1, 1993

  • DFI
    A New Approach To Estimate The Base Bearing Capacity Of Driven Piles Based On SPT Data

    By N. Shariatmadari

    In recent years, determining bearing capacity of piles from in-situ testing data as a complement of static and dynamic analysis has been used by geotechnical engineers. In this paper, different approa

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Challenges And Uncertainties Relating To Open Caissons

    By Fathi Abdrabbo

    Open caissons are used for many geotechnical engineering applications. Open caissons may be used as deep foundation elements bypassing weak soils to tip in firm deeper strata, and in rivers and mariti

    Jan 1, 2012

  • DFI
    Evaluation of Crane Pad Performance on Partially Improved Ground Adjacent to a Seawall

    By Paul J. Sabatini, Yazen A. Khasawneh

    "A Demag CC1800 crawler crane was partially erected on crane mats adjacent to a seawall when settlements near a corner of the crane mat area were observed to be slightly larger than previously assesse

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Sonic Integrity Testing - 1.0 Summary

    By A. F. van Weele

    In general cast-in place piles will have an irregular pile shape. However, it is possible that these irregularities are so large that they may lead to pile deficiencies. It is very rarely possible to

    Jan 1, 1987

  • DFI
    Construction Considerations For Ground Modification Projects ? Synopsis

    By J. P. Welsh

    Ground Modification construction is rapidly evolving in the United States. An assessment of the construction status of Ground Modification methods with their dates of introduction and general acceptan

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Fenway Park Modernization - Foundations For A Red Sox Nation

    By Mark H. Balfe

    Over the last decade, Fenway Park has undergone annual improvements to modernize the facility for players and fans. These renovations include the Monster Seats, the Right Field Roof expansion, a new

    Jan 1, 2011

  • DFI
    Application Of Electro-Kinetics To Expedite Pile Setup In Kaolinite Clay

    By Susheel R. Kolwalkar

    A significant increase in the side shear capacity over a period of time is often observed in case of driven piles. This phenomenon is referred to as ?setup? or ?freeze?. This phenomenon cannot be pred

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Estimating N Value from Data in Press-In Piling

    By Yukihiro Ishihara, Nanase Ogawa, Ming Lei

    "Abstract In the Press-in Method, a static jacking force is used to install a prefabricated pile, while a reaction force is gained from previously installed piles. This piling technique has solved pro

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    The Pile Foundation Of Tall Buildings In Shenzhen

    By Li Keqiang

    This paper discusses the pile foundation of tall buildings in Shenzhen region. For 156 constructed tall buildings exceeding 18 storeys, about 86. 5 per cent of the sum. The two main types of foundatio

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Roger Bullivant Cone Pile

    By R. A. Bullivant

    Roger Bullivant Piling Limited has started 1992 with the introduction of the CONE PILE into its range of precast concrete foundation techniques. Since the establishment of its Piling Division ten

    Jan 1, 1992