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9.40 URANOWSKI, D. D., DODDS, S., <strong>and</strong> STONECHECK, P. E. Micropiles in karstic dolomite; similarities<br />

<strong>and</strong> differences of two case histories. In Geo-Support 2004, Drilled shafts, deep mixing, remedial<br />

methods <strong>and</strong> speciality foundation systems, Turner, J. P. <strong>and</strong> Mayne, P. W. (eds), American<br />

Society of Civil Engineers Geotechnical Special Publication No. 124, 2004, pp. 674–81.<br />

9.41 FISCHER, J. A. A nuclear power plant on karst terrane? In Sinkholes <strong>and</strong> the Engineering <strong>and</strong><br />

Environmental Impacts of Karst, Beck B. F. (ed), American Society of Civil Engineers<br />

Geotechnical Special Publication No. 122, 2003, pp. 485–91.<br />

9.42 BRANDL, H. Energy foundations <strong>and</strong> other thermo-active ground structures, Geotechnique, Vol. 56,<br />

No. 2, 2006, pp. 81–122.<br />

9.10 Worked example<br />

Example 9.1<br />

An embankment 9 m high consisting of fill having a density of 2.1 Mg/m3 is placed with its<br />

toe 1.5 m from a row of vertical piles supporting a bridge pier. The piles are driven through<br />

8 m of soft to firm clay into a stratum of stiff clay. Calculate the lateral pressure on the piles<br />

within the stratum of soft firm clay which has drained shearing strength parameters of c' � 0<br />

<strong>and</strong> �' � 28�.<br />

From equation 9.2, Hf � 9 � 2.1/1.8 � 10.5 m. From Figure 9.31, � � 23.3�. Therefore<br />

from equation 9.4,<br />

f �<br />

23.3� �(28��0.5)<br />

90� �(28��0.5)<br />

� 0.12<br />

Miscellaneous piling problems 477<br />

Surcharge pressure from embankment p � 2.1 � 9 � 9.81 � 185 kN/m 2<br />

From equation 9.3, lateral pressure on piles � 0. 12 � 185 � 22 kN/m 2<br />

Figure 9.31<br />

1.5 m<br />

P z<br />

~523.3°<br />

Soft to firm clay<br />

(f9528°)<br />

Stiff clay<br />

(g52.1 Mg/m3 H 5 9m<br />

Fill<br />

)<br />

H f<br />

8.0 m

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