Small Angles, Large Benefits...The Unique Behavior of Tapered Piles AUTH-8818156 Effectively inject interpretation

Effectively inject interpretation

ISBN10: 0060762284

Author: Alastair Humphreys

ISBN13: 9780393338409

Small Angles, Large Benefits...The Unique Behavior of Tapered Piles AUTH-8818156 Effectively inject interpretationTapered driven piles have been used worldwide for over 7000 years. Despite this long, successful history, foundation designers and contractors still do not fully appreciate what is called 'taper benefit', i. e. the fact that in friction or floating pile applications that tapered piles are generally much more cost effective than constant perimeter piles on a load bearing basis. This is because the unique physical mechanism of wedging by which tapered