Influence of a permanent liner on the skin friction of large-diameter bored piles in Hong Kong granitic saprolites

The skin friction of large-diameter bored piles in Hong Kong granitic saprolite manifested high variability. The influence of one construction detail, a full-length permanent liner, is studied by examining full-scale load test results and by numerical simulation of this construction detail. It is concluded that the use of a full-length liner will give very low skin friction because the local method of constructing a large-diameter bored pile with a full-length permanent liner leads to a significant reduction in radial stress acting on the pile–soil interface.Key words: construction, pile, stress, skin friction, numerical simulation.

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