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Technology reports of the Yamaguchi University Volume 3 Issue 2
published_at 1983-12

Point resistance of piles in sand

Point resistance of piles in sand
Miura Norihiko
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Mechanism of point resistance of pile in sand was investigated mainly from the viewpoint of the particle-crushing of sand at the pile tip. It is shown that the work dissipated in the particle-crushing of sand is as large as 66 percent of the total work done by the external force, hence the point resistance of a pile in sand greatly depends on the particle-crushing property of the sand. It is also shown that the relationship between point resistance and vertical pressure of a pile can be predicted from the triaxial compression tests in a particle-crushing region.