Prediction of End Bearing for Drilled Shafts and Suggestion for Design Guidelines of End Bearing for Drilled Shaft in Florida Limestone
PREDICTION OF END BEARING FOR DRILLED SHAFTS AND SUGGESTION FOR DESIGN GUIDELINES OF END BEARING FOR DRILLED SHAFT IN FLORIDA LIMESTONE By SANG-HO KIM A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2003 Copyright 2003 by Sang-Ho Kim To My Mother and My Wife ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank God, at first, with all my heart. Without his leading, I would not be here right now. During my one year and eight months at the University of Florida, I have learned a lot of things and met many people. This period has been the most memorable and important time in my life. I would like to express my appreciation for all the professors (Dr. Michael C. McVay, Dr. Frank C. Townsend, Dr. David Bloomquist, Dr. Paul Bullock, Dr. John L. Davidson, and Dr. Bjorn Birgisson) in this department for giving me the opportunity to study here. In addition, I would like to extend a special thank to Professor Michael McVay for providing me the opportunity and for assisting me throughout the pursuit of my degree. He taught me many geotechnical concepts and how to think throughout our research when I was stuck. I would also like to thank all of my friends, Lila, Badri, Zhihong, Landy, Evelio, Minh, Erkan, Carlos, Thai, Scott, and Dinh, in our geotechnical field in civil engineering. It has been a pleasure studying with them and getting to know one another. In addition, I want to thank Sang-Min Lee, who helped me with the statistical aspects of this research, for being a good friend and colleague.
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