ISSN: 1945-7545
Page Count: 9

On Large-Scale Model Testing of Laterally Loaded Drilled Shafts in Sand

Agaiby, SW
Assistant professor, Cairo University, Cairo,

Kulhawy, FH
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca,NY

Trautmann, CH
Executive directoradjunct associate professor of civil engineering, The SciencenterCornell University, Ithaca,NY

Abstract

An extensive large-scale laboratory model testing program was developed to assess the behavior of drilled shafts under lateral and moment loading. Because of the large scale of the testing, little information was available in the literature on sand deposit and test preparation or on test conduct and monitoring. In this paper, guidance is presented on these preparation and testing issues, and typical results are presented to illustrate the variability of the test results.

Keywords:
model tests, sands, foundations, drilled shafts, lateral loading, test preparation, quality control monitoring, instrumentation, data acquisition

Paper ID: GTJ11405J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ11405J
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