Novel toe driving for thin-walled piles and performance of fiberglass-reinforced polymer (FRP) pile segments

摘要

Despite the rapidly growing use of pile foundations, it is presently difficult to assure the integrity and uniformity of the cross-sectional area of cast-in-place piles when using normal concrete. Cavities and soil encroachments leading to soil pockets can jeopardize their load-bearing capacity. Moreover, corrosion in reinforced concrete and steel shell piles has been very costly, exceeding US