Application of Stress-Wave Theory to Piles: Quality Assurance on Land and Offshore Piling

Sussumu Niyama Institute for Technological Research - IPTf Sao Paulo, Brazil. Jorge Beim PDI Engenharia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Preface 1 Wave mechanics and its application to pile analysis, Keynote lecture: Some wave mechanics applications 2 Driving equipment and recent developments - New technologies for quality assurance of piles. Keynote lecture: Pile driving equipment: Capabilities and properties 3 Pile integrity and low strain dynamic testing, Keynote lecture: 0resundlink, grouting work under West Pylon: Integrity test of a giant pile 4 Pile-soil interaction Keynote lecture: Identification of soil-pile model interaction parameters from recorded time-displacement signals 5 Codes, Keynote lecture: The performance of the dynamic methods, their controlling parameters and deep foundation specifications 6 High strain dynamic testing of driven and cast in situ piles - Dynamic testing of large piles Keynote lecture: Pile acceptance criteria for large diameter and cast in situ piles 7 SPT measurements and special field monitoring test Keynote lecture: Frequency characteristics of stress wave and penetration during SPT 8 Vibratory pile driving - Vibration in pile driving Keynote lecture: Vibratory driving analysis 9 Statnamic and other similar techniques Keynote lecture: Statnamic, the engineering of art 10 Case histories, pile set-up and correlations between test methods - Prediction reliability Keynote lecture: Improving the reliability of pile bearing capacity prediction by the dynamic increasing energy test (DIET) 11 Supplement Keynote lecture: Retrospective of Sonic Integrety Tests - Its application to the control quality on piles.