Technical Papers

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Bibliography of Osterberg Cell References

Bibliography of Osterberg Cell References...

Value Engineering - A Great Concept. Why Isn't it Used More Frequently?- J. Osterberg

Value Engineering is a good idea. When it has been used as intended, both economical and better designs have resulted...

What Has Been Learned About Drilled Shafts From the Osterberg Load Test - J. Osterberg

The Osterberg Cell (O-cell) method makes it possible to separate the side shear resistance (skin friction) from the edn bearing...

The Osterberg Load Test Method for Bored and Driven Piles: The First Ten Years - J. Osterberg

Ten years have passed since the first full-scale Osterberg Load Test was performed...

O-cell Testing Case Histories Demonstrate the Importance of Bored Pile (Drilled Shaft) Construction Technique - J. Schmertmann, J. Hayes, T. Molnit, J. Osterberg

Herein we review the Osterberg Cell, or O-cell, method for performing large capacity load tests on bored piles (drilled shafts), and demonstrate how it provides...

The Osterberg Cell and Bored Pile Testing - A Symbiosis - J. Schmertmann, J. Hayes

This paper describes the O-cell "bottom-up" method for static load testing of bored adn driven piles, presents its history and lists some of its special advantages...

Sample Guide Specifications - Osterberg Cell Load Testing of Drilled Shafts

DESCRIPTION - This work shall consist of furnishing all materials and labor necessary for conducting an Osterberg Cell (O-cell) Load Test and reporting the results...

Interpreting Strain Gage Measurements from Load Tests in Bored Piles - J. Hayes, T. Simmonds

Vibrating wire strain gages have proven to be a very reliable and effective tool for the measurement of strains associated with the loading of bored piles (drilled shafts)...

Bi-directional Static Load Testing – State of the Art - M. England

ABSTRACT: The use of static load testing in optimising design and providing verification of suitability and constructability continues to be unsurpassed in the foundation industry...

A Conservative Method of Analysis of test results from bi-directional static load tests - M. England

As the use of bi-directional load testing of foundation elements becomes more widespread, a consistently conservative method of interpretation of the test results is presented which ensures that, although the mechanics of the test...

"A new method of single pile settlement prediction and analysis", - W.G.K. Fleming

W.G.K.Fleming, Geotechnique, Vol XLII, No3, Sept.1992....

"Pile settlement behaviour: An Accurate Model", M. England

A mathematical model is described which accurately characterises the settlement behavious of piles under load. It can be used for pile design or as an analytical tool...

"Innovations in Static Load Pile Testing and Analysis", M. England, F. De Cock

M.G.England, F.De Cock Groundmechanika en Funderingsteckniek Innovatieforum, Antwerp, Belgium. 1992...

"A Method of analysis of stress induced displacement in soils with respect to time". - M. England

A fundamental parameter associated with the behaviour of soils under load, often neglected, is time. The overwhelming evidence now accumulated indicates clearly that this parameter...

"Review of foundation testing methods and procedures", M. England, W.G.K. Fleming

This paper reviews some of the short-comings of foundation load testing procedures, considers what would constitue an ideal test, and comments on recent developments in static load testing...

Development of the automatic load test equipment - M. England

M.England, International Conference on Tunnel Construction & Piling, pp3 - 12, Sept 1999...