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872228
Analysis, design and construction of a piled raft foundation for
a high-rise office building on pinnacled limestone
Ng, T H
Proc 8th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-15 Alarch 1985 V1. P453-60. Publ
Kuala Lumpur: Organising Committee, 1986
The foundation problems for the construction of two tower
blocks and basement car parks on pinnacled karstic limestone
overlain by loose medium sand are described. A raft founda-
tion was specified with piles resting on bedrock, or jet grouted
columns where the limestone was shallow. The complex sup-
port conditions required the use of three dimensional finite
element analysis to validate the design and determine the
actual stresses on piles, columns and bedrock.
872229
Driving of H-piles in limestone formation using diesel
hammers
Sehested, K G; Wah, W W
Proc 8th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-15 t~,larch 1985 V1. P461-67. Publ
Kuala Lump,tr: Organising Committee. 1986
About 2300 steel H-piles were driven using diesel hammers
into hard limestone overlain by 4.5-28m of weak alluvial and
disturbed soils at the site of a cement works. Initially, piles
displaced, tilted and bent as they hit the bedrock and the piling
frame was badly shaken. The causes were deduced to be slid-
ing as the pile hit the rock surface, insufficient lateral con-
straint from the soils and lack of adjustment of drop height
and driving speed of the hammers. The use of Oslo points on
the piles and careful driving overcame these problems.
872230
Foundations for Srimara Complex, Kuala Lumpur
Yong, T G; Ting, W H; Toh, C T
Proc 8th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-15 ~larch 1985 V1, P4/68-72. Publ
Kuala Lumpur: Organising Committee, 1986
This office block with basement car parking was built over
limestone which had weathered in slabs. Where adequate lime-
stone was available at shallow depths, cast in place bored piles
were socketed into the rock. Where no adequate rock was
found at depths to 60m, jet grouting was carried out around
the pile shaft to increase side resistance. Results of loading
tests with and without jet grouting are presented, along with
measured movements of the anchored diaphragm wall.
872231
Design of bored piles in limestone in France
Bustamante, M; Gianselli, L; Pilot, G
Proc 8th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-15 3,1arch 1985 VI, P4~73-81. Publ
Kuala Lumpur: Organising Committee, 1986
Design of deep foundations in limestone areas are made diffi-
cult because of the heterogeneity, hardness and fissuring of the
soils and bedrock. The French solution is to use the Menard
pressuremeter to determine mechanical properties of the soils,
and to use values of beating capacity and skin friction deter-
mined from static loading tests on real piles in these forma-
tions in design calculations.
1986 Pergamon Journals Ltd. Reproduction not permitted
872232
Design of piles in weak carbonate rocks
Swarm, L H
Proc 8th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-15 March 1985 VI, P4/82-86. Publ
Kuala Lumpur: Organising Committee, 1986
The design of piling for a jetty in North Western Australia is
described. Pressuremeter tests were used during the site inves-
tigation, and extensive use was made of the parameters
obtained. Design parameters were finalised following a pile
load test.
872233
Analysis of the performance of piles in silica sands and
carbonate formations
Bea, R G; Vahdani, S: Guttman, S I; Meith, R M:
Paulson, S F
Proc 18th Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5-8
May 1986 1"1. P551-560. Publ Richardson, Texas: OCT,
1986
Mathematical modelling was undertaken to study the pile-soil
interaction for pile in silica and calcareous sands. The model
used was PSAS (Pile-Soil-Analysis-Systewm), which was cali-
brated from pile loading tests. Static load response of a drilled
and grouted pile in a seafloor calcareous formation was
parametrically analysed using the calibrated model. It was
concluded that insightful interpretation of soil characteristics
can result in good agreement between model and field test
results, that pile-soil stiffness plays a major role in determining
beating capacity, and that larger than normal factors of safety
should be used for drilled and grouted piles in carbonate
foundations.
872234
Lateral loading tests on large-diameter steel piles installed in
carbonate rocks and soils
Hagenaw, J: Chandrasekhar, C S; Waanders, A J
Proc 18th Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5-8
May 1986 V1, P561-568. Publ Richardson, Texas: OCT,
1986
Cyclic lateral loading tests were carried out on 4 pairs of piles,
diameter 914-3353mm. driven into weak carbonate rock and
marine sediments. Measured deflections were greater than
those predicted by the load-deflection (p - y) curves con-
structed using the usual methods. More accurate prediction of
pile behaviour is possible using a suitable modification of the
method of constructing p - y curves for stiff clays.
872235
CAPWAP analyses increase ability to properly design piles in
calcareous sands
Dutt, R N; Teferra, W
Proc 18th Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 5-8
May 1986 V1, P569-578. Publ Richardsop, Texas: OTC,
1986
The present understanding of soil-pile behaviour in calcareous
soils is reviewed, and a description is given of a study to evalu-
ate the use of dynamic pile measurements to determine static
pile capacity. Soil resistance during driving (SRD) was com-
puted from measured force and acceleration records from the
installation of a 75cm diameter drill conductor in the Gulf of
Suez, using the CAPWAP program. The computed SRD pro-
file agreed well with static pile capacities predicted using soil
properties from a nearby site and assuming total capacity is
three times the outside skin friction resistance. The potential
use of dynamic measurements to predict static performance is
demonstrated, but further confirmation is required.