TY - GEN
T1 - The use of CPT to predict the load carrying capacity of piles in expansive soils of Sudan
AU - Elsharief, Ahmed M.
AU - Ahmed, Elfateh O.
AU - Mohamedzein, Yahia M.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The determination of load carrying capacity of bored piles generally uses the conventional semi-empirical static methods. For piles in expansive soils, more concern was given to the uplift forces. Few researches dealt with the prediction of the load carrying capacity of bored piles in expansive soils. In this paper some published CPT based methods are used to predict the ultimate capacity of bored piles and the change in capacity due to increase of moisture from semi-dry to excessive wetting. The results show that the CPT based design methods are promising when used to predict the capacity of small diameter short bored piles.
AB - The determination of load carrying capacity of bored piles generally uses the conventional semi-empirical static methods. For piles in expansive soils, more concern was given to the uplift forces. Few researches dealt with the prediction of the load carrying capacity of bored piles in expansive soils. In this paper some published CPT based methods are used to predict the ultimate capacity of bored piles and the change in capacity due to increase of moisture from semi-dry to excessive wetting. The results show that the CPT based design methods are promising when used to predict the capacity of small diameter short bored piles.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84868595500
SN - 9059660285
SN - 9789059660281
T3 - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment
SP - 2107
EP - 2109
BT - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
T2 - 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment, ICSMGE 2005
Y2 - 12 September 2005 through 16 September 2005
ER -