Does anyone have a good reference for minimum pile lengths for HP steel piles driven to refusal on limestone bedrock? The piles are only loaded axially. For PADOT, the minimum allowable pile length is 10 feet. I have used 6 feet in the past with success but that was based on my "gut" instinct...
I am looking for a good reference that discusse the settlement behavior of organic sands. Especially if it correlates % organic content to increased settlement. We have a project that is partially underlain by 5 feet of dry to moist,loose to medium dense organic sands with up to 15% organic...
We have a project where the bearing material is micaceous sand. We are setimating bearing capacity and settlement and wondering how to estimate how the soils will behave when loaded. We're using an ASCE reference, Foundations and Excavations in Decomposed Rock of the Piedmont Province, that...
We are working on a site development project where the proposed parking lot will require a 4 foot cut into a short hillside approximately 5 feet away from an existing utility pole. We anticpate installing a retaining wall to support the cut and maintain the stability of the pole. The...
We are running COM624 for a drilled shaft design. I am researching the behavior of the shaft when using a cracked EI analysis as I am not sure of the implications of this analysis. The deflection are less if I assume cracked EI. Can anyone point me to a good reference for this topic?
