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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2007.23.8.69

Influence of Taper Angle on Axial Behavior of Tapered Piles in Sand  

Paik, Kyu-Ho (Dept. of Civil Eng., Kwandong Univ.)
Lee, Jun-Hwan (School of Civil and Environmental Eng., Yonsei Univ.)
Kim, Dae-Hong (Korea Electric Power Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.23, no.8, 2007 , pp. 69-76 More about this Journal
Abstract
Axial behavior of tapered piles is affected by taper angle, stress state of soils, soil frictional angle and pile-soil interface friction angle. In this paper, a series of model pile load tests were performed using a calibration chamber in order to investigate the effect of taper angle on the axial response of cast-in-place tapered piles in sand. According to results of the tests, as taper angle of piles increased, the shaft load capacity of piles increased but its base load capacity decreased. The unit base load capacity of piles increased with increasing taper angle for medium sand but decreased for dense sand. The ratio of shaft to total load capacity increased with increasing taper angle and with decreasing relative density of soils. The test results also showed that total load capacity per unit pile volume increased with increasing taper angle for medium sand, but it decreased for dense sand. Therefore, it can be stated that tapered piles are economically more beneficial for medium sand than for dense sand.
Keywords
Axial response; Calibration chamber test; Taper angle; Tapered pile;
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