Drilled Shafts?A Database Approach
A database of 43 drilled shaft load tests of high quality has been developed to study parameters that affect the axial behavior of drilled shafts and methods of analysis to predict axial...
Interpretation of Load Tests on Drilled Shafts?Part 1: Axial Compression
Existing interpretation methods for axial compression load tests are reviewed critically, and a qualitative and quantitative comparison is made for selected methods. A simplified method,...
Interpretation of Load Tests on Drilled Shafts?Part 2: Axial Uplift
Existing interpretation methods for axial uplift load tests are reviewed critically, and a qualitative and quantitative comparison is made for selected methods. A new method, which fulfills...
Interpretation of Load Tests and Drilled Shafts?Part 3: Lateral and Moment
Existing interpretation methods for lateral and moment load tests are reviewed critically, and a qualitative and quantitative comparison is made for selected methods. A new method is proposed...
Statistical Analyses of Drilled Shaft and Embedded Pole Models
In recent years a significant effort has been made by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to develop new design models, to collect and summarize existing load test data and to...
Analysis of Drilled Shafts in a Deep Fill
A deep fill of varying thickness will settle with time and will also exhibit a horizontal component of movement. Drilled shafts that are installed in the fill to support a structure must...
Combination Drilled Shaft and Driven Pile Foundation for a High-Rise Building
A case history is presented which discusses the design and construction of a combination drilled shaft and driven pile foundation which supports a high-rise in San Francisco. Drilled piers,...
A New Combined Footing and Drilled Shaft Foundation Design
A conventional belled caisson foundation installation in glacial till to support a suburban Chicago 10-story office building was stopped when test caissons revealed excessive water-bearing...
Pile Capacity Prediction Using Parameter Functions
University of Florida Pile Capacity Prediction
Prediction of Pile Capacity
Efficiency and Vibration Testing
To gather the necessary data to assure the most efficient and reliable operation of the system, Idaho Power Company implemented a plant testing program in 1988. The testing program consists...
Tunnels and Vertical Shafts for Pumped-Storage
Economic considerations are of primary importance to the planning and designing of pumped-storage in an electrical generation and distribution system. This paper deals with the optimum...
Update: Ozark-Webbers Falls Turbines
The Ozark and Webbers Falls powerhouses were designed and constructed under the supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Both are located on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation...
The Las Colinas Area Personal Transit Guideway Development, Design, and Construction
Early Detection of Rotor Cracks?Monitoring & Methodology
This paper describes a diagnostic method for the early detection of shaft cracks on rotating machines. The method is based on interpretation of the lateral synchronous (1x) and twice per...
Generators with Shaft Mounted Turbine Runners
Water turbine runners mounted on an extended generator shaft are often specified to eliminate turbine bearings and the flexible shaft coupling. Two bearing single shaft turbine generator...
Major Hydraulic Turbine Operation and Maintenance Problems Experienced by the Corps of Engineers
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is the largest owner/operator of hydroelectric power generating facilities in the United States with 344 generating units, having an installed capacity...
A Station With a View
The Port Authority TransHudson Corp. (PATH) is renovating and expanding Exchange Place station, the first stop in New Jersey across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan. To be completed...
Adaptive Model for Drilled Shafts in Expansive Clay
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