O'Neill, Michael W.2022-10-142022-10-1419773821971https://hdl.handle.net/10657/12299This thesis contains the results of a driveability analysis on two model piles driven into compacted clay soils. Two different soils are used to represent reasonable upper and lower limits to liquid limit and plasticity index of Recent deposits found in the Gulf of Mexico. The model piles were instrumented to measure the compressive stress wave as it traveled down the pile after the hammer impact. [...]application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Thesisreformatted digital