Design and construction guidelines for downdrag on uncoated and bitumen-coated piles




DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES FOR DOWNDRAG ON UNCOATED

AND BITUMEN-COATED PILES

Prepared for National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Transportation Research Board National Research Council

2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C., 2041 8

USA

by Jean-Louis Briaud and Larry M. Tucker

Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University System

College Station, Texas 77843-3136 USA


Acknowledgments

This work was sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with Alberta Transportation and Utilities, the Louisiana Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and the National Timber Pile Council. It was conducted in the National Cooperative Highway Research Program which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council.

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