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Chapter 13
AXIALLY LOADED PILES

13.1 Single Incompressibte Floatlng PlIe

flis proble. has been considered by Poulos and

Davis C1968).
fle distribution of shear stress along di. pua
shaft is shcwn iii Fig.13 .1 for various L/d values
wbile tua proportion of applied load transferred to
the base is shown in Pig.13.2.

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flG.131 Distr1~utiofl of shear atresa aJ.onq nc.13. 2 Proportion of applied Ind transt.rnd to
inc~ressible pile. base of lzcatspressible pus.

Influence factors for tu. vertical displacnent

are shown iii Figs.13.3 to 13.6 for a pile in a finita
layer and for four values of ~ (Poisson’s ratio of
mass).
fie effect of having vi enlarged base, dianeter
4, di. pile is shown ia Fig.13.7 for base load,
mi
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13.2 Single Compressible Floating Pile

tia compressibility of tia pua iii relation to
the sou is expressa by a pua stifbzass factor X
where
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1
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proportion of ioad transferred to tia base is shown ti
Fig.13.lO. tia diffarence betwean tia top and tip
displacement of a pita having L/d—25 is shown iii
Eig.13.1l. Influance factors for displaceaent of the
pita top are shown ti Pig.13.12. Iii ali tia above
cases, the layer is of infinita depth. tia influence
of finita layar depth is shown iii Fig.13.13.

Influente factors for tia vertical displacement

flG.13.7 Effect of eni.arged base ai proportion of
loa4 transterred to pUs base.
of a point within a semi-infinita mass, at daptiz E
below tia surface and radial distante r troa the
axis, due te a pita are shown iii Figs.l3.14 to 13.27
for varicus valuas of Iy’d and E. These factors
hava bean obtainad by Poulos and Kattes (1971a).
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section is considered by Poulos (1969) while tia
behaviour of puas having a rigid ca; rest*ng mi the flG.13.9 EfEect of pus cozprnsibility au shear
— ~ ~dace~is.w. nad by. Poulp&(19*Sb) stress distribution Q4attas. and Pou1os,--1969).=—-~--
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lias a nlative» snll effect on 4. Por r/L>O.S,
the displaceaent due to the pile,is within t3% of the
value dite to a point load P acting on the axis at a 5
distance 2L/3 below tbe surface.

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flG.13.12 Displacennt influence factora for

compressible floating pua (Hattcs and
Pontos, 1969).

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transferrcd to pilc base (Hattes and Poulos,
1969).

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FTG.13.13 Effcct of finita layer deptb on pile

displacc..ont (Mattes and Poulos, 1969)

flG.13.1l Top and tip displacenents of compressiblc

£loating pile (Nattes and Poulos, 1969).
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