Title: Technology transfer of the nodular cast-in-place concrete pile

Authors: Shintaro Yao, Atsushi Ito, Takeshi Masui, Masashi Takano, Noboru Urushizaki, Yoshinori Iwasaki

Addresses: Kansai University, 3-3-5, Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan. ' Kansai University, 3-3-5, Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan. ' Kansai University, 3-3-5, Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan. ' Kansai University, 3-3-5, Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan. ' Obayashi Corporation, 2-15-2, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8502, Japan. ' Geo-Research Institute, 4-3-2, Itachi-bori, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0012, Japan

Abstract: The new technique of the Nodular Cast-in-Place Concrete Pile (NCPCP) has been developed. This paper deals with a case study of the technology transfer of this new technique. The basic concept was developed and confirmed by model experiments and by numerical calculations at Kansai University in Japan. The engineering concept of the NCPCP has been evaluated extensively. The idea is going to be transferred to a commercial pile company, which is developing field procedures to install the nodular pile in natural ground under a governmental research fund.

Keywords: environmental assessment; nodular cast-in-place concrete pile; NCPCP; technology transfer.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTTC.2004.004755

International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, 2004 Vol.3 No.2, pp.166 - 186

Published online: 07 Jul 2004 *

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