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Juran I., Komornik U. National Technical Information Service, Springfield, 2006. 100 p.
A full-scale experiment on fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) piles, including static and dynamic load tests, was conducted at a site provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at its Port of Elizabeth facility in New Jersey, with the cooperation and support of its engineering department and the New York State Department of Transportation. The engineering use of FRP-bearing piles required field performance assessment and development and evaluation of reliable testing procedures and design methods to assess short-term composite material properties, load-settlement response and axial-bearing capacity, drivability and constructability of composite piling, soil pile interaction and load transfer along the installed piling, and creep behavior of FRP composite piles under vertical loads.
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Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite Piles Under Vertical Loads PUBLICATION NO. FHWA-HRT-04-107
Research, Development, and Technology Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center 6300 Georgetown Pike McLean, VA 22101-2296
AUGUST 2006
FOREWORD A full-scale experiment on fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) piles, including static and dynamic load tests, was conducted at a site provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at its Port of Elizabeth facility in New Jersey, with the cooperation and support of its engineering department and the New York State Department of Transportation. The engineering use of FRPbearing piles required field performance assessment and development and evaluation of reliable testing procedures and design methods to assess short-term composite material properties, loadsettlement response and axial-bearing capacity, drivability and constructability of composite piling, soil-pile interaction and load transfer along the installed piling, and creep behavior of FRP composite piles under vertical loads.
Gary L. Henderson Director, Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
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Technical Report Documentation Page 2. Government Accession No.
1. Report No.
3. Recipient’s Catalog No.
FHWA-HRT-04-107 4. Title and Subtitle
5. Report Date
BEHAVIOR OF FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER (FRP) COMPOSITE PILES UNDER VERTICAL LOADS
6. Performing Organization Code
7. Author(s)
8. Performing Organization Report No.
August 2006
Ilan Juran and Uri Komornik 9. Performing Organization Name and Address
10. Work Unit No.
Urban Utility Center Polytechnic University 6 Metrotech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201
11. Contract or Grant No.
DTFH61-99-X-00024
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Office of Infrastructure Research and Development Federal Highway Administration 6300 Georgetown Pike McLean, VA 2210