dc.contributor.advisor | Andrew J. Whittle. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Iliadelis, Dimitrios | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-11-07T13:32:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-11-07T13:32:26Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2006 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34597 | |
dc.description | Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaf 70). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The thesis studies the behavior of single axially loaded pile located close to a 30m deep braced excavation in Marine Clay corresponding to site conditions of the Kallang formation in Singapore. Parametric analyses were carried out, using non linear three-dimensional finite element methods (with Plaxis Foundation 3-D), comparing different pile lengths (17m, 30m and 42m) cross sections (solid concrete sections of 0.4m and 1.Om diameter) and proximity to the excavation (2m-10m). The results focus on the development of horizontal deformations and bending moments due to the excavation process. The computed results for end-bearing piles (42m long) are compared with semi-empirical design methods proposed by Poulos and Chen (1997). In general, this design method substantially underestimates the computed wall deflections and bending moments. This result confirms the importance of site-specific analyses for these types of complex soil-structure interactions. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Dimitrios Iliadelis. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 77 leaves | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 14738845 bytes | |
dc.format.extent | 14738455 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
dc.subject | Civil and Environmental Engineering. | en_US |
dc.title | Effect of deep excavation on an adjacent pile foundation | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | M.Eng. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 71269616 | en_US |