Abstract
Two steel pipe piles in place in abutments for two different bridge constructions sites were instrumented with strain gauges to measure the magnitude of negative skin friction. The piles were monitored before, during and up to 19 months after construction was completed. The load versus depth and time in each pile is discussed. Maximum observed dragloads ranged from 98 to 127 kips. A comparison with two methods for calculating dragloads is presented. Both comparison methods were found to be conservative, with the Briaud and Tucker (1997) approach more closely estimating the observed load versus depth behavior.
Degree
MS
College and Department
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology; Civil and Environmental Engineering
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Sears, Brian Keith, "Pile Downdrag During Construction of Two Bridge Abutments" (2008). Theses and Dissertations. 1918.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1918
Date Submitted
2008-10-08
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd2638
Keywords
downdrag, dragload, negative skin friction
Language
English