Energy pile test at lambeth college, London: Geotechnical and thermodynamic aspects of pile response to heat cycles

Geotechnique

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-248

  Bourne Webb, P J ^a   Amatya, B ^b   Soga, K ^b   Amis, T ^c   Davidson, C ^c   Payne, P ^a  

^a Cementation Foundations Skanska Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Geothermal International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Field instrumentation; Foundations; Full scale tests; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; ANCHOR PILES; CONCRETE STRESS; COOLING PROCESS; DESIGN CODES; ENERGY PILES; FIELD INSTRUMENTATION; FULL-SCALE TESTS; GEOTECHNICAL; HEAT CYCLE; HEATING SYSTEM; INPUT/OUTPUT; LIMITED INFORMATION; LIMITING VALUES; LOADING TESTS; LONDON CLAY; OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS; PILE HEAD; PILE RESPONSE; PILE SHAFT; PILE-LOADING; PILED FOUNDATIONS; PIPE LOOPS; RESTRAINT CONDITIONS; SHAFT RESISTANCE; STATIC LOADING; STRAIN PROFILES; TEMPERATURE CYCLES; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TEST PILE; TEST RESPONSE; THERMAL CYCLE; THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS; THERMODYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR;

AIR; BEARING CAPACITY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CLAY MINERALS; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEATING; INSTRUMENTS; LOADS (FORCES); MINING; OPTICAL FIBERS; TESTING; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WELDS;

PILES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEARING CAPACITY; HEAT SOURCE; HEAT TRANSFER; LOADING TEST; LONDON CLAY; PILE; PIPE; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 58049214205     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2009.59.3.237     Document Type: Article

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