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Investigation of Redistribution of Pile Foundation Forces Under Successive Loading of Its Elements
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PSACEA, Foundation Engineering Department, Chernishevskogo st 24A, Dnipro, Ukraine
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PSACEA, Foundation Engineering Department, Dnipro, Ukraine
Online publication date: 2018-03-01
Publication date: 2017-12-20
Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports 2017;27(4):121-129
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Redistribution of pile foundation forces under successive loading of its elements was investigated under laboratory conditions. A segment of pile foundation model was taken for use in the case study. Load tests on the pile foundation model segment, without joining its elements (pile and plate, which turns into grillage) and based on different combinations of static loadings were conducted. This proved that the loading of a plate causes skin friction on some length of the pile side surface as well as providing additional loading and settlement. Test results have shown that application of successive elements enables the foundation to carry loads up to 13% higher than in the case of a standard pile foundation loading with the same settlement rates.