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xivLIST OF TABLESTable 2.1: Summary <strong>of</strong> Case damping factors (after Hannigan et al. 1998) ...............................28Table 2.2: Recommended Driving Stress Limits (after Pile Dynamic, Inc. 2001) ......................30Table 2.3: Pile damage classification (Rausche and Goble 1979) ...............................................32Table 2.4: Summary 1 <strong>of</strong> dynamic soil parameters for Smith’s soil model ................................44Table 2.5: Summary 2 <strong>of</strong> dynamic soil parameters for Smith’s soil model ................................45Table 2.6: Summary <strong>of</strong> static analysis methods using five soil input procedures .......................63Table 2.7: Soil Parameters for non-cohesive soils .......................................................................64Table 2.8: Soil Parameters for cohesive soils ..............................................................................64Table 2.9: Empirical values for ϕ, D r , and γ <strong>of</strong> granular soils based on corrected N-value ........65Table 2.10: Empirical values for q u and γ <strong>of</strong> cohesive soils based on uncorrected N-value .......65Table 2.11: Correlation studies between PDA and static load tests ............................................72Table 2.12: Correlation studies between CAPWAP and static load tests ....................................74Table 2.13: Correlation studies between WEAP and static load tests .........................................80Table 2.14: AASHTO assumed random variables for dead load and live load ...........................87Table 2.15: Recommended probability <strong>of</strong> failure and target reliability index .............................87Table 2.16: LRFD resistance factors for driven piles (AASHTO, 2010) ....................................91Table 2.17: Other LRFD resistance factors for driven piles ........................................................92Table 2.18: Summary <strong>of</strong> available methods for pile setup estimations .......................................98Table 2.19: Summary <strong>of</strong> piling projects implemented by Skov and Denver (1988) ...................100Table 3.1: Summary <strong>of</strong> soil pr<strong>of</strong>iles and results <strong>of</strong> soil tests for all test sites ..............................141Table 3.2: Weighted average soil properties along pile shaft and near pile toe ..........................142Table 3.3: Summary <strong>of</strong> the five test piles and their results ..........................................................143Table 3.4: Percent increase in pile resistance based on WEAP, CAPWAP and SLT .................144Table 3.5: Summary <strong>of</strong> four best-fit trends and their coefficient <strong>of</strong> determinations for ISU6 ....144Table 4.1: Summary <strong>of</strong> existing methods <strong>of</strong> estimating pile setup ..............................................181Table 4.2: Summary <strong>of</strong> the twelve data records from PILOT .....................................................182Table 4.3: Summary <strong>of</strong> five external sources from literatures on steel H-piles embedded incohesive soils ...................................................................................................................183Table 4.4: Summary <strong>of</strong> six external sources from literatures on other pile types embedded incohesive soils ...................................................................................................................184Table 4.5: Soil information along the test pile ISU8 ...................................................................183Table 4.6: Summary <strong>of</strong> field test results and estimated pile resistance for ISU8 ........................183Table 5.1: Five cases <strong>of</strong> the pile resistance ratio (RR) ................................................................197

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