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Also called caissons, drilled shafts, drilled piers, Cast-in-drilled-hole piles (CIDH p
For end-bearing piles, drilling continues until the borehole has extended a sufficient de
Drilled piles can be tested using a variety of methods to verify the pile integrity during in
Under-reamed piles[edit]
Under-reamed piles have mechanically formed enlarged bases that are as much as 6 m
These pile are suited for expansive soils which are often subjected to seasonal moistur
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Augercast pile[edit]
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Explor
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Investi
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An augercast pile, often known as a continuous flight augering (CFA) pile, is formed by
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Cone penetration test
Standard penetration test
Monitoring well
piezometer
On-site

Augercast piles cause minimal disturbance, and are often used for noise and environm
Borehole
Crosshole sonic logging
Nuclear densometer test
Static load testing
Atterberg limits

Pier and grade beam foundation[edit]

California bearing ratio
Direct shear test
Hydrometer
Laborat Proctor compaction test
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Sieve analysis

In drilled pier foundations, the piers can be connected with grade beams on which the
Triaxial shear test
Hydraulic conductivity tests
Water content tests
Soil
Clay
Silt

Specialty piles[edit] Sand

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Micropiles[edit] Soil classification

Hydraulic conductivity

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Void ratio
Bulk density

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Compaction
Shear wave

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Lateral earth pressure
Shallow
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Sheet piles[edit] Founda

tions
Bearing capacity
Dynamic load testing
Pile integrity test
Wave equation analysis
Statnamic load test
Gabion
Ground freezing
Mechanically stabilized earth
Sheet piles are used to restrain soft soil above the bedrock in this excavation
Retaini
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Pressure grouting
Slurry wall
Soil nailing
Tieback

Sheet piling is a form of driven piling using thin interlocking sheets of steel to obtain a c
Stabilit
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Slope

analysis
mass wasting
landslide

Soldier piles[edit]
Deformation monitoring
automated
Soil liquefaction
Earthqu Response spectrum
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Groundstructure interaction
Geotextile
Geosyn Geomembrane
A soldier pile wall using reclaimed railway sleepers as lagging. thetics Geosynthetic clay liner
Cellular confinement
Plaxis

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The horizontal earth pressures are concentrated on the soldier piles because of their re
Soldier piles are most suitable in conditions where well constructed walls will not result
Unsuitable soils include soft clays and weak running soils that allow large movements