Publications

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Manuals

Drilled Shafts: Construction Procedures and LRFD Design Methods (FHWA-NHI-10-016, Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 10, NHI Course NO. 132014). Brown, D.A., Turner, J.P., and Castelli, R. J. (2010).

Design and Construction of Continuous Flight Auger Piles (FHWA-HIF-07-03, Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 8). Brown, D.A., Dapp, S.D., Thompson, W.R., and Lazarte, C.A. (2007).

Synthesis Reports

NCHRP Synthesis 360, Rock-Socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations, Transportation Research Board, National Academies, Washington, D.C., 136p, Turner, J. P. (2006)

NCHRP Synthesis 418, Developing Production Pile Driving Criteria from Test Pile Data, Transportation Research Board, National Academies, Washington, D.C., 505p, Brown D. A. and Thompson, W.R. (2011)

Other Reports

Thompson, W.R., Brown, D.A., and Hudson, A.B. (2012). “Load Testing of Drilled Shaft Foundations in Piedmont Rock, Lawrenceville, GA, Report for ADSC Southeast Chapter, January, 2012.

Brown, D.A. (2009). “Load Testing of Drilled Shaft Foundations in Limestone, Nashville, TN”, Report for ADSC Southeast Chapter, Feb. 2009.

Brown, D.A. and Thompson, W.R. (2008). “BRF-00008(536) Drilled Shaft Load Test Assessment, Sumter County”, Report for the Alabama Department of Transportation.

Loehr, E.J. and Brown, D.A. (2008). ” A Method for Predicting Mobilization Resistance for Micropiles Used in Slope Stabilization Applications”, A Report Prepared for the Joint ADSC/DFI Micropile Committee.

Pierson, M., Parsons, R.L., Han, J., Brown, D.A. and Thompson, W.R. (2008). “Capacity of Laterally Loaded Shafts Constructed Behind the Face of a Mechanically Stabilized Earth Block Wall”, Report for the Kansas Department of Transportation

Brown, D.A. and Thompson, W.R. (2006). “Report of the Evaluation of Foundation Response to Storm Surge Loading, U.S. 90 Biloxi Bay Bridge” Coastal Research Institute, Univ. of South Alabama.

Brown, D.A. and Thompson, W.R. (1994). “Drilled Shaft Foundation Testing and Design Recommendations, I-65 over Mulberry Fork of the Warrior River, Blount/Cullman Counties, Alabama,” Highway Research Center, Auburn University, Alabama, January, 1994.

Thompson, W.R. (1994). “Axial Capacity of Drilled Shafts Socketed into Soft Rock,” Master of Science Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Alabama (available through ADSC Technical Library)

Papers and Articles

2012

2011

Axtell, P.J. and Brown, D.A. (2011). “Case History – Foundations for the New Mississippi River Bridge – St.Louis”, DFI Journal Volume 5, Number 2, December 2011, Deep Foundations Institute, pp3-15.

Brown, D.A. (2011). “Constructability Considerations When Designing Drilled Shaft Foundations for Bridges”, Geo-Strata, May/June 2011, pp. 48-54.

Brown, D.A., Axtell, P.J., and Kelley, J. (2011). “The Alternate Technical Concept Process for the Foundations at the New Mississippi River Bridge, St. Louis”, Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, 2011, Boston, MA, USA, pp171-177.

Siegel, T.C. (2011). “Simplified Settlement Model for a Shallow Foundation on Composite Ground with Rigid Piles”, DFI Journal Volume 5, No. 1, June 2011, Deep Foundations Institute, pp68-72.

2010

Axtell, P.J. (2010). “Mississippi River Bridge Project Includes Record Load Test: A Three Part Story”, Foundation Drilling, Vol. 31, No. 7 September/October 2010.

Axtell, P.J., Stark, T.D., and Dillon, J.C. (2010). “Peak and Post-Peak Shear Strength of Cement-Bentonite”, DFI Journal Volume 4, No. 1, August 2010, Deep Foundations Institute, pp59-65.

Brown, D.A. and Axtell, P.J. (2010). “Design and Construction Challenges at the kcICON Bridge”, Deep Foundations Magazine, Spring 2010.

Dapp, S.D. and Brown, D.A. (2010). “Evaluation of Base Grouted Drilled Shafts at the Audubon Bridge”, GeoFlorida 2010, Advances in Analysis, Modeling and Design, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 199, ASCE, pp1553-1562

Loehr, J.E. and Brown, D.A. (2010). “Design of Micropiles for Slope Stabilization”, Foundation Drilling, Vol. 31, No. 6 August 2010.

Rollins, K.M., Herbst, M., Adsero, M. and Brown, D.A. (2010) “Jet Grouting and Soil Mixing for Increased Lateral Pile Group Resistance”, GeoFlorida 2010, Advances in Analysis, Modeling and Design, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 199, ASCE, pp1563-1572.

Siegel, T.C. (2010). “Load Testing and Interpretation of Instrumented Augered Cast-in-Place Piles”, DFI Journal Volume 4, No. 2, December 2010, Deep Foundations Institute, pp69-71.

Siegel, T.C. and NeSmith, W.M. (2010). “Large-Scale Plate Load Testing of Ground Improvement Using Displacement Grout Columns”, GeoFlorida 2010, Advances in Analysis, Modeling and Design, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 199, ASCE, pp2398-2405.

2009

Axtell, P.J., Thompson, W.R., and Brown, D.A. (2009). “Drilled Shaft Foundations for the kcICON Missouri River Bridge”, Deep Foundations Institute 34th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Conference Proceedings 2009, October 21-23, 2009, Kansas City, Missouri, pp. 3-12.

Axtell, P.J., Stark, T.D., and Dillon, J.C. (2009). “Strength Difference Between Clam-Shell and Long-Reach Excavator Constructed Cement-Bentonite Self-Hardening Slurry Walls”, 2009 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo, Contemporary Topics in Ground Modification, Problem Soils, and Geo-Support, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 187, ASCE, pp. 297-304.

Brown, D.A. (2009). “Management of Risk in Deep Foundations with Design-Build”, 2009 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo, Contemporary Topics in Deep Foundations, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 185, ASCE, pp. 1-11.

Brown, D.A. and Thompson, W.R. (2009). “Drilled Shaft Performance in Cemented Calcareous Formations in the Southeast United States”, 2009 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo, Contemporary Topics in Deep Foundations, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 185, ASCE, pp. 119-126.

Brown, D.A. and Thompson, W.R. (2009). “Performance of Drilled Shaft Foundations in Limestone, Nashville, Tennessee”’ Foundation Drilling, Vol. 30, No.4 May 2009.

Loehr, J.E and Huaco, D.R. (2009). “Probabilistic Calibration of Resistance Factors for Slope Stability”, 2009 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo, Contemporary Topics in In-Situ Testing, Analysis, and Reliability of Foundations, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 186, ASCE, pp. 297-304.

Parson, R.L., Johnson, R.M., Brown, D.A., Dapp, S.D., and Brennan, J.J. (2009). “Characterization of Loess for Deep Foundations”, DFI Journal Volume 3, No. 2, November 2009, Deep Foundations Institute, pp14-24.

Parsons, R.L., Pierson, M., Han, J., Brennan, J.J., and Brown, D.A. (2009). “Lateral Load Capacity of Cast-in-Place Shafts Behind an MSE Wall”, 2009 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo, Contemporary Topics in In-Situ Testing, Analysis, and Reliability of Foundations, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 186, ASCE, pp. 560-567.

Rollins, K.M., Adsero, M.E., and Brown, D.A. (2009). “Jet Grouting to Increase Lateral Resistance of Pile Group in Soft Clay”, 2009 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo, Contemporary Topics in Ground Modification, Problem Soils, and Geo-Support, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 187, ASCE, pp. 265-272.

Siegel, T.C. and McGillivary, A. (2009). “Interpreted Residual Load in an Augered Cast-in-Place Pile”, Proceedings, Annual DFI Conference, Kansas City, MO.

Siegel, T.C. and NeSmith, W.M. (2009). “Shortcomings of the Davisson Offset Limit Applied to Axial Compressive Load Tests on Cast-in-Place Piles”, 2009 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo, Contemporary Topics in Deep Foundations, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 185, ASCE, pp. 568-574.

Stark, T.D., Axtell, P.J., Lewis, J.R., Dillon, J.C., Empson, W.B., Topi, J.E., and Walberg, F.C. (2009). “Soil Inclusions in Jet Grout Columns”, DFI Journal Volume 3, No. 1, May 2009, Deep Foundations Institute, pp33-44.

Thompson, W.R., Axtell, P.J. and Smith, E.M. (2009). “LRFD in Practice – A Case Study for Foundation Designers”, 41st STGEC Conference, Wilmington, North Carolina, November, 2009.

Thompson, W.R., Held, L., and Saye, S. (2009). “Test Pile Program to Determine Axial Capacity and Pile Setup for the Biloxi Bay Bridge”, DFI Journal Volume 3, No. 1, May 2009, Deep Foundations Institute, pp13-22.

Thompson, W.R., Hill, J.R., and Loehr, J. E. (2009). “Case History: Value Engineering of Driven H-Piles for Slope Stability on the Missouri River”, 2009 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo, Contemporary Topics in Deep Foundations, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 185, ASCE, pp207-214.

2008

Axtell, P.J. and Stark, T.D. (2008). “Increase in Shear Modulus by Soil Mix and Jet Grout Methods”, DFI Journal Volume 2, No. 1, Nov2008, Deep Foundations Institute, pp11-21.

Brown, D.A. and Thompson, W.R. (2008). “Performance of Drilled Shafts in Cemented Calcareous Formations in the Southeast”, Foundation Drilling, Vol. 29, No.3 March/April 2008

Fellenius, B. H. and Siegel, T.C. (2008). “Pile Drag Load and Downdrag in a Liquefaction Event”, Journal of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol 134, No. 9.

Siegel, T.C., NeSmith, W.M., and NeSmith, W.M. (2008). “Increase in Cyclic Liquefaction Resistance of Sandy Soil Due to Drilled Displacement Piles”, Proceedings, Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV Conference, Sacramento, CA.

2007

Bivens, M.J. and Siegel, T.C. (2007). “Case Histories of Micropiles in Karst: The Influence of Installation on Design and Performance”, Contemporary Issues in Deep Foundations, GeoDenver Conference, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 158, ASCE.

Brown, D.A. (2007). “Rapid Lateral Load Testing of Deep Foundations”, DFI Journal Volume 1, No. 1, Sep 2007, Deep Foundations Institute, pp. 54-62.

Brown, D.A. and Schindler, A. (2007). “High Performance Concrete and Drilled Shaft Construction”, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 158, Geo-institute GeoDenver 2007 Conference.

Parsons, R.L., Brown, D.A., Brennan, J.J., Johnson, R.M., and Schuler, L. (2007). “Designing Drilled Shafts in Loess”, Foundation Drilling Magazine, August 2007, pp27-30

Siegel, T.C., Cargill, P.E., and NeSmith, W.N. (2007). “CPT Measurements Near Drilled Displacement Piles”, Proceedings, FMGM, Boston, MA.

Siegel, T.C., NeSmith, W.M., NeSmith, W.M., and Cargill, P.E. (2007), “Ground Improvement Resulting From Installation of Drilled Displacement Piles”, 32nd DFI Annual Conference, Colorado Springs, CO.

2006

Axtell, P.J., Loehr, J.E., and Jones, D.J. (2006). “Case History: Multiple Axial Statnamic Tests on a Drilled Shaft Embedded in Shale” Deep Foundations Institute 31st Annual Conference, October 4-6, 2006, Washington, D.C.

Bivens, M.J. and Siegel, T.C. (2006). “Case Histories of Micropiles in Karst: The Influence of Installation on Design and Performance”, Contemporary Issues in Deep Foundations, GeoDenver Conference, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 158, ASCE.

Brown, D.A., Thompson, W.R., and Nichols, S. (2006). “Performance Specifications for Drilled Piles,” Proc. of 10th International Conference on Deep Foundations, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Camp, W.M. and Siegel, T.C. (2006). “Failure of a Column-Supported Embankment Over Soft Ground”, Proceedings, Fourth International Conference on Soft Soils, Vancouver, B.C.

Dapp, S., Muchard, M., and Brown, D. (2006). “Experiences with Base Grouted Drilled Shafts in the Southeastern United States,” Proc. of 10th International Conference on Deep Foundations, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Mullins, G., Winters, D., and Dapp, S. (2006). “Predicting End Bearing Capacity of Post-Grouted Drilled Shaft in Cohesionless Soils,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Volume 132, No. 4, ASCE, pp478-487.

2005

Brown, D.A. (2005). “Practical Considerations in the Selection and Use of Continuous Flight Auger and Drilled Displacement Piles”, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 132, ASCE, pp. 1-11.

Brown, D.A. and Schindler, A. (2005). “The Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete for Drilled Shaft Construction: Preliminary Observations from the Lumber River Bridge Field Trials”, Proc. of ADSC GEO3 QA/QC Conference, Dallas, TX.

Kitchens, L., Thompson, W.R., and Housley, S.A. (2005). “Case History: Utilizing Load Test Data to Value Engineer Drilled Shaft Foundations,” Proc. of ADSC GEO3 QA/QC Conference, Dallas, TX.

Siegel, T.C. and Cargill, P.E. (2005). “Use of the Cone Penetration Test for Geotechnical Site Characterization in Clay-Mantled Karst”, Proceedings, 10th Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, San Antonio, TX.

Siegel, T.C., Caskey, J.M., and Huckaba, D.A. (2005). “Combination of Ground Improvement Techniques for Support of Shallow Foundation in Karst”, Innovations in Grouting and Soil Improvement, GeoFrontiers Conference, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 136, ASCE.

2004

Axtell, P.J., Owen, J.W., and Vollink, S.D. (2004) “Increase in Pile Capacity with Time in Missouri River Alluvium” Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, April 13-17, 2004, New York, NY.