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xiiresistances using the proposed pile setup method ............................................................189Figure 4.13: Normalized pile resistance as a function <strong>of</strong> time after EOD for the test pile ISU8embedded in a mixed soil pr<strong>of</strong>ile .....................................................................................190Figure 4.14: The confidence intervals <strong>of</strong> the proposed pile setup method for steel H-piles .......190Figure 4.15: The confidence intervals <strong>of</strong> the proposed pile setup method for other small andlarge diameter piles ..........................................................................................................191Figure 5.1: Normality test using Anderson-Darling method for setup and EOD ........................201Figure 5.2: Relationship between resistance factor and target reliability index ..........................205Figure 5.3: Relationship between resistance factor for setup and the ratio <strong>of</strong> initial pileresistance at EOD to total load (α) ...................................................................................206Figure 5.4: Relationship between resistance factors for setup and for EOD ...............................207Figure 5.5: Relationship between resistance factor for setup and dead to live load ratio for (a)α value = 1.0; and (b) α value = 1.5 .................................................................................208Figure 5.6: Dependability <strong>of</strong> various procedures to account for setup ........................................210Figure 6.1: Cumulative density functions for WEAP at sand pr<strong>of</strong>ile ..........................................245Figure 6.2: Cumulative density functions for WEAP at clay pr<strong>of</strong>ile ...........................................246Figure 6.3: Cumulative density functions for WEAP at mixed soil pr<strong>of</strong>ile.................................247Figure 6.4: Cumulative density functions for CAPWAP.............................................................247Figure 6.5: Cumulative probability distribution curve <strong>of</strong> factored resistance ratios for WEAP .248Figure 6.6: Cumulative probability distribution curve <strong>of</strong> factored resistance ratios forCAPWAP .........................................................................................................................248Figure 6.7: Maximum limit <strong>of</strong> construction control factor for the Iowa Blue Book, based onWEAP (Iowa Blue Book input procedure) for a mixed soil pr<strong>of</strong>ile ................................249Figure 6.8: Before and after applying construction control using WEAP-Iowa Blue Bookprocedure for a mixed soil pr<strong>of</strong>ile ....................................................................................249Figure 7.1: One-dimensional soil-pile model ..............................................................................277Figure 7.2: Static and dynamic soil resistances at a pile point (after Smith, 1962) .....................277Figure 7.3: SPT N-values versus (a) shaft damping factors; and (b) shaft quake values ............278Figure 7.4: SPT N-values versus (a) toe damping factors; and (b) toe quake values ..................278Figure 7.5: Time measured after EOD versus (a) damping factors; and (b) quake valuesobtained from recently completed field tests using CAPWAP for cohesive soils ...........279Figure 7.6: Typical upward traveling wave force (W u ) collected from the field tests .................279Figure 7.7: SPT N-values versus (a) shaft damping factors; and (b) shaft quake values alongthe embedded pile length <strong>of</strong> ISU5 ...................................................................................280Figure 7.8: Relationship between shaft damping factor for cohesive soils and SPT N-value .....280

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