Of all the topics I taught in my course on foundation design and analysis, my favourite topic was driven piles. I have taken this part of the course and am presenting it on the companion site vulcanhammer.info. The topics are as follows:
- Driven Pile Design: Introduction and Overview
- Driven Pile Design: Axial Loads, General Considerations
- Driven Pile Design: Three Methods of Analysis
- Driven Pile Design: Static Load Testing and Axial Settlement
- Driven Pile Design: Axial Group Bearing Capacity and Settlement
- Driven Pile Design: Lateral Loads on Piles
- Driven Pile Design: Wave Equation Analysis
- Driven Pile Design: Inverse and Verification Methods
- Driven Pile Design: ASD and LRFD Methods
In putting this together, I added some material, including a different example problem and actual runs of axial and lateral load software, along with the wave equation analysis.
I trust that you will find this enjoyable and profitable.
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