Design, construction and performance of micro-piles as compared to bored piles

• Main Author: Han, Yung Fung.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Structural Engineering
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/12256
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Micro-piles are drilled shafts of diameter typically 150 to 250 mm. In Singapore, micro-piles are used as substitutes for driven piles and bored piles in bouldery soils and shallow bedrock, for underpinning existing pile-caps to increase their capacity, as retaining walls for braced excavation in we...