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S - Kam Ng PhD Dissertation Final.pdf - Digital Repository of CCEE ...

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Depth Below Ground (m)Depth Below Ground (m)Shaft Stiffness, ks (kN/m)Depth Below Ground (m)Depth Below Ground (m)2828070All Sites-EODISU5 & ISU6-BOR (8 to 10 days)60k s = 3.4813 N – 12.453R² = 0.9615 (EOD)5040302010k s = 0.7706 N 1.1119R² = 0.4558 (BOR)00 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26SPT N-valueFigure 7.11: Relationship between shaft stiffness for cohesive soils and SPT N-valueCPT, q c (kPa)0 Moving 1000Average 2000 CPT, 3000 q c (kN/m4000 2 ) 50000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000Fill (ML/SC)022446688CL10 1012 1214 1416GWTCL/SCCL18CPT qcDamping Factor (Proposed)Damping Factor (AC)200.000 0.50 0.5 1.001 1.501.5 2.00 2Shaft Damping Factor, J s (s/m) J s (s/m)(a) J s versus q c(b) q s versus q cFigure 7.12: CPT unit tip resistance (q c ) versus (a) shaft damping factors; and (b) shaft quakevalues along the embedded pile length <strong>of</strong> ISU5020426468810101212141416 16CPT q c (kPa)0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000Moving Average CPT q0 2000Fill (ML/SC) c (kN/m 2 )4000 6000GWTCLCL/SCCLCPT qc18Quake Value (Proposed)Quake Value (AC)200 1 2 3 4 5 6Shaft Shaft Quake Value, q s (mm) s

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