EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF THE BASIS OF “FUNDEX” PILES AFTER THE LONG “RELAXATION” IN CLAY SOILS

In the soil conditions, typical for the city of Saratov, piles on Fundex technology with a loss screw tip of DPOS-4E are executed. After the long «relaxation» of piles without loading guaranteeing completion generally of processes of compaction, consolidation, restitution of the water and colloid communications additional engineering-geological researches are executed and the complex of laboratory researches of parameters of the near pile array of a soil is conducted. Physicomechanical characteristics of the basis immediately at a lateral area and at the lower end of a pile, apart by 1 m are received from its side and in a soil of natural addition. Results are compared in a tabular and graphic form. Conclusions are drawn on the nature of changes of physical, strength and deformation characteristics of the near pile array of a soil at various distance from a lateral area of a pile. The essential differences in formation of the condensed soil zones around Fundex piles from the traditional displacing drive and pressed piles influencing a carrying capacity (the extreme resistance) of the basis of stuffed piles are noted. Comparison of the obtained datas of laboratory with results of field tests of similar piles in identical soil conditions after long “relaxation” (3 months) in accordance with static indenting and pull out loads. Conclusions are drawn on need of additional pilot studies of the basis of Fundex piles for the wide range of soil conditions by laboratory and field methods with parallel tests by the dead pressing and pulling-out loads.