Ageing and cyclic behaviour of axially loaded piles driven in chalk

This paper reports a programme of static and cyclic loading tests on seven open steel tubes driven in low- to medium-density chalk at a well-characterised test site, describing their response to driving, ageing in situ and loading under both static and cyclic conditions. Back analysis of dynamic monitoring identifies the distributions of notably low shaft resistances that develop during installation, showing that these depend strongly on the relative pile tip depth (h/R). The shaft capacities available to ‘virgin’ piles are shown to increase markedly after driving, following a hyperbolic trend that led to a fivefold gain after 250 days. Pre-failed piles do not follow the same trend when re-tested. Pile exhumation confirmed that driving remoulded the chalk, creating a puttified zone around the shaft. Excess pore water pressure dissipation, which is likely to have been rapid during and after driving, led to markedly lower water contents close to the shaft. Axial cyclic testing conducted around 250 days afte...

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