Driven Pile Design: ASD and LRFD Methods

More Resources Foundation Design and Analysis: Deep Foundations, Driven Pile Bearing Capacity (for ASD Methods) Foundation Design and Analysis: AASHTO LRFD Method Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations, 2016 Edition. This topic is spread out between the two volumes. Overview Engineers have always designed structures with uncertainty in mind, thus it is not permissible … Continue reading Driven Pile Design: ASD and LRFD Methods

Driven Pile Design: Static Load Testing and Axial Settlement

In the previous post we looked at the various ways of computing the "bearing capacity" of the pile. We also made the case that "bearing capacity" wasn't a really accurate way of characterising the load bearing performance of a driven pile. In this post we will address both of these issues and show the most … Continue reading Driven Pile Design: Static Load Testing and Axial Settlement

Driven Pile Design: Axial Loads, General Considerations

More Resources Foundation Design and Analysis: Deep Foundations, Driven Pile Bearing Capacity Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations, 2016 Edition, Volume I covers the topics discussed in this post. Before I get into the actual estimation (and estimation is the operative word here) of axial capacity, I need to make some important observations, as … Continue reading Driven Pile Design: Axial Loads, General Considerations