40 - Pile foundations

Abstract

This chapter discusses various pile types and their applications. The pile types discussed are displacement piles, timber piles, precast-concrete piles (reinforced and prestressed), closed end steel pipe piles, jacked down solid concrete piles, tubular-concrete piles, H-piles, open end pipe piles, thin-shell type, jacked down hollow concrete cylinders, and nondisplacement piles: alpha piles, delta piles, and frankie piles.