Uneven settlement of bridge piles in soft soil is usually treated by adding anchored and statically pressed piles. Due to the rebounding of newly added piles after the anchors are removed and other reasons, soil bulges or pile uplifts if they were located too closely often develop, which reduces their effects. To solve such problems, axial prestress can be applied during their construction. The structure of anchored and statically pressed piles with axial prestress is presented. The calculation of axial prestress is given by discussing the reason of rebounding of newly added piles. The pressing force can be increased if the total pile length is shorter than designed. If the actual pressing force is over 2.5 times of the allowable bearing capacity and the pile is still hard to be pressed, there is no need to continue the pile pressing.
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