BEHAVIOUR OF PILES

Session A: Load- displacement of piles in different soils. 1. Pile load test failures in the Clyde alluvium/ S.Thorburn. 2. Some driving and loading test on piles in gravel and chalk/ A.C.Meigh. 3. Specification and performance of test piles in clay/ F.G.Butler. 4. Methods used in Sweden to evaluate the bearing capacity of end-bearing precast concrete piles/ B.B.Broms. Session B: The settlement of structures. 5. The settlements behaviour of a group of large silos on piled foundations/ A.S.Parker. 6. Early settlement of a tall buildings founded on piles London clay/ F.C.Greenfiled. 7. Settlement observations on a piled foundation/ R.F.Bartholomew. 8. Increasing the bearing capacity of floating piles: settlement observations on a large silo on piled foundations/ A.Kezdi. Session C: Installation procedures and effects. 9. Some effects of pile driving on skin friction/ M.J.Tomlinson. 10. The effect of bentonite on the skin friction of cast in place piles/ I.W.Farmer. 11. Study on the behaviour of piles thrust into soil by means of vibratory equipment / M.Paunescu. 12. Ground movements due to pile driving/ J.I.Adams. 13. Vibration and dynamics settlement from pile driving/ D.B.O'Neill. 14. The behaviour of piles in maritime works/ G.L.Gower. 15. Constructional control affecting the behaviour of piles with particular references to small diameter bored cast in situ piles/ J.P.North-Lewis. 16. Constructional control affecting the behaviour of driven in situ concrete piles/ R.J.Cutis. 17. Tolerance requirements and construction problems in piling/ W.G.K. Fleming. 18. The structural integrity of large diameter bored piles/ J.Bobrowski. Session E: Discussion on settlement and construction aspects. Session F: Conference conclusions related to the future.

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