IN-SITU PILE SEGMENT MODEL EXPERIMENTS AT HARVEY, LOUISIANA

Three field experiments have been conducted in normally consolidated soft clay at Harvey, Louisiana, USA using instrumented 3 inch diameter probes to simulate pile behaviour under a variety of static and cyclic axial loadings. Lateral total pressure and pore pressure were observed and shear transfer versus pile displacement were recorded. The results represent the first phase of a comprehensive program to develop an improved basis for pile design.