A Local Design Method for Pile Foundations

The work at hand attempts to propose a local pile design method based on pile load test results for a reference site. Such LPDM is simply based on the identification of three dimensionless quantities, such as the capacity ratio CR, the stiffness ratio SR, and the group settlement ratio Rs. To prove...

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Main Authors: Nunzia Letizia, Chiara Iodice, Alessandro Mandolini
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9486945
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description The work at hand attempts to propose a local pile design method based on pile load test results for a reference site. Such LPDM is simply based on the identification of three dimensionless quantities, such as the capacity ratio CR, the stiffness ratio SR, and the group settlement ratio Rs. To prove the LPDM reliability, experimental data collected during years in the Neapolitan area (Italy) have been used to obtain the abovementioned coefficients. Then, LPDM has been applied, as a preliminary design method, to three well-documented case histories applying capacity and settlement-based design (CBD and SBD) approaches. The satisfactory agreement between the geometry in the original design of piles and the one obtained by applying the LPDM proves that the proposed methodology may be very helpful for preliminary design, allowing for reasonable accuracy while requiring few hand calculations.
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spelling doaj-art-5d7451a4b9cf4ecca4b59afb321ff2aa2025-08-20T02:06:04ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942018-01-01201810.1155/2018/94869459486945A Local Design Method for Pile FoundationsNunzia Letizia0Chiara Iodice1Alessandro Mandolini2Department of Engineering, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, CE, ItalyDepartment of Engineering, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, CE, ItalyDepartment of Engineering, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, CE, ItalyThe work at hand attempts to propose a local pile design method based on pile load test results for a reference site. Such LPDM is simply based on the identification of three dimensionless quantities, such as the capacity ratio CR, the stiffness ratio SR, and the group settlement ratio Rs. To prove the LPDM reliability, experimental data collected during years in the Neapolitan area (Italy) have been used to obtain the abovementioned coefficients. Then, LPDM has been applied, as a preliminary design method, to three well-documented case histories applying capacity and settlement-based design (CBD and SBD) approaches. The satisfactory agreement between the geometry in the original design of piles and the one obtained by applying the LPDM proves that the proposed methodology may be very helpful for preliminary design, allowing for reasonable accuracy while requiring few hand calculations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9486945
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