PREDICTED and
OBSERVED AXIAL
BEHAVIOR of
PILES
RESULTS OF A PILE PREDICTION SYMPOSIUM
Proceedings of o symposium
sponsored by the Geotechnlcol Engineering
Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers in conjunclion
with the 1989 Foundation Engineering Congress. Northwestern University.
Evanston. Illinois. June 25. 1989.
Richard J. Finno, Editor
Geotechnical Special Publication No. 23
Published b'( the
Arnericon SOCiety of Civil Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York. NY 10019·2398
TAB LE OF CONTENT5
Pr edic ti o n Da t a
Subsur f ace Condit io n s a nd Pi l e In stal l at i on Data :
1989 Fou ndat io n Eng in ec r i n J Co ng r ess Tes t Sect i o n
Richard J . ri nno .. . . . .. . ... ...... . . .. .... . . . ..... .. .. }
Pr e d ic t io n Pape r s
A Pr e di c t ion o f Dee p Fo undati on Ca nac it v an d Se ttl e me nt
John S . Ho r va t h . . . .. . ... . .. . ... ... ..... .. ..... . .. . . . 75
Predi c tion of Axial Beha v i ou r o f Piles
Harr y G . Poul os . . . .. . ... . . . . . . .... . . .. ... .... . . . . .. . 83
Pi l e Capacity Pr e d ict i o n Us in g Pa ram e t e r runc ti o n s
Th omas F . Wo l ff . . .. .. . . . . .. .. . . .. . .. . .... . . ... .. ... . 96
Pile Capa city Pr ediction fo r No r th wes t ern Pile Tes t Event
J . N. Kay ...... . . .... . . . .. . . ..... . ...... . . . . . ...... 1 0 7
Predict i o n of Drive n Pile Beh avior Using Load Transfer
Fu nc ti o n s
Andl' (W C. . ll eydin ger .. . . . . .... .. . . . .. . .. . ... . .. .... . 1 1 7
Pil e Capac it y Pr e d ic t io n
Ri c h a rd A. We t ze l a nd Ea r l S . ~l cC u l l ough ... .. ...... 1 29
Unive r sity o f F l o r i da P il e Capacity Pr ediction
F . C . Town se nd , A. Ell s t e in, R. D. Es t> i noz a,
M. • C . McVay and F . Pa 1 v a ... , .. .. ..... ...... .. . .. , .. 141
Estima t i on o f Ul t i ma te CP p a c it y o f Dri ve n Pi le s and
Dr i ll ed Piers
~1. Su r e ndr a .... .. ..... . . . ........ ... ............... 14 7
Northwes t e rn Tes t Sec t ion- Pi l e a n d Pie r Cap a ci t y
Pr e d ic ti o n s
tli c ha e l R. Le wi s , Ll oyd W. Yo un g , J r. and
C . T. Wan g .... . . . . . . . .. ... ... . . . . .. . . .... .. . . . ... . . 16 1
Pr e d ic ti on s of Respo nse of Piles to Ax ial Lo adin g
Sh i n -Towe r Wa n g and Lymo n C . Reese . ...... .... ...... 1 73
Pi l e Cat>acit y Pred ic t i on for 19 89 Foun dation En g in eer i ng
Congre ss
. Au s t a r s R. Sc hn ore .. . .. . ... .. . . .. . . . . ... ... . . . .. ... 188
19 8 9 Fo undat io n Engi n ee r i n g Co ngre s s Pi l e Cao a ci t y
Pr e d ictio n Ev e n t
Davi d W. Hohm eyer . . .. • ... . . . .. . ... . · . ·. · . · · · · · · · · · 200
Nume r ic al a n d Anal y ti c a l Me th o d s for Deep Foundat ion s
Rob e rt Y. Li a ng . .. . . . •... ...... . . . .. . . . . .... . . · .. . · 211
Pil e Res po ns es t o Stat ic Axi al Lo ad s : Pr e d ic ti on s fo r
th e No rthw es t er n Unive r s it y Si t e
Jose L . M. Clemen t c , Sayed M. Saye d, Reda M. Bak eer
a nd Jay I~ . Ca s per . .. . . .. . . ... .. .. . . . .. . . . .. ...... . ·225
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Predictions of the Co mpr osRion Load Canacities of Four
Test Piles on the Campu s of Northweste rn University
Chung-Tien Chin, llan-Shing Kuo, Chun-lluang ll'ang and
Siu-~l un ll'oo ········ ·· ···················· ··· ····· ·· 236
Pil e Capa c ity Pr ed i ct lon s- 1989 Fou ndation Engineering
Conte s t
llarry ~1. Coy le and Larr y ~1. Tucker ... ..... .. ....... 248
Prediction of Pile Cap acity
Ca rl os S:Jntamarina :Jnd A l do Reginatto .............. 258
Axi:JI Cap a city of Piles at Northwe s tern Site :
New Orleans Approach
Tarik lladj - Hamou and Lawrence W. Gilbert .... ...... . 270
Deep Foundation Capacity Pr ediction
Ro bert G. Lukas ... ..... .. ... .... ...... . .. . ... . . . .. . 282
Prediction of Pile Capa city
Beng t H. Fellenius ............ ........ ............. 293
Class A Prediction of Driven Pile Behaviour
R. G. Campanella, A. Sy, M. P. Davies and
P. K. Robertson . . . .... . . .. .. . ..... .. ............... 303
Prediction of Pil e a nd Pier Capacity
Wayne Sheu and James Bocld y .. .. ..... . ............... 318
Friction Pile Performance Predictions
R. L. Baus, P.. P. Ray and C.-K. Su ........ . ........ 326
Resu l ts and Comparisons
Re su lts o f Foundation Engin ee ring Cong r ess
Pil e Load Te sts
Richard J. Finno, Tanguy Cosmao and Brett r.itskin .. 338
Summary of Pile Capacity Predictions and Comparison
with Observed Behavi o r
Ri c hard J . Finno, Jacqu es Achill c, Hsin-Chih Chen,
Tanguy Cosmao, Jun Bourn Park, Jean-Noel Picard,
D. Leeanne Smith, an d Gustavious P . Williams ... .... 356
Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Author Index .•..................•............••.............. - .. 3RI'J
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