Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
05 Apr 1995, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Abstract
This paper describes the performance of 14-inch prestressed concrete piles, supporting a 10-story commercial building, during the 1989 Loma-Prieta Earthquake. Excavations were performed to expose several piles. Except for one comer pile, no significant damage was observed. Several cracks, indicating possible formation of a plastic hinge, were observed at the top of this corner pile. In general, the piles performed well during the M7 earthquake.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1995 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Adib, Mazen; Villet, Willem C. B.; and Nisar, Ahmed, "Prestressed Concrete Piles Under Seismic Loading: Case History" (1995). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 22.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/03icrageesd/session05/22
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Prestressed Concrete Piles Under Seismic Loading: Case History
St. Louis, Missouri
This paper describes the performance of 14-inch prestressed concrete piles, supporting a 10-story commercial building, during the 1989 Loma-Prieta Earthquake. Excavations were performed to expose several piles. Except for one comer pile, no significant damage was observed. Several cracks, indicating possible formation of a plastic hinge, were observed at the top of this corner pile. In general, the piles performed well during the M7 earthquake.
