This thesis consists of 8 chapters and each chapter is described as follows:Chapter 2: Presents the different types of piles which exist today and their classification.Chapter 3: Presents the different soil parameters we use in pile analyses and design and the properties of these parameters.Chapter 4: Presents the different empirical and theoretical static pile capacity equation. It also presents the effect of time and plugging on pile capacity.Chapter 5: Presents pile dynamics, static and dynamic load tests on piles.Chapter 6: Presents a case study which is a case of a bridge project on the Drammen selva river in Drammen, Norway.Chapter 7: Presents the analysis and results obtained for the case study described in chapter 6.Chapter 8: It is the last part of the work which presents conclusions and possible future work.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ntnu-19210 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Mijena, Ermias Hailu |
| Publisher | Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for bygg, anlegg og transport, Institutt for bygg, anlegg og transport |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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