For rock socketed drilled shafts, it is a common practice not to include the frictional resistance of overburden soils into the nominal capacity estimation. The primary reason often being cited is “overburden soils resistance is negligible compared to tha
Subjects: overburden soils, friction resistance, O-cell test, test shaft, load test program, economic savings
Author: Aditya Ayithi, Dean Herbst, William G. Ryan
Publisher: DFI