ABSTRACT
Driving piles is not generally thought of as a soil stabilization procedure, and indeed piles are driven primarily to support loads that cannot be safely carried at or near the surface. With few exceptions, piles are not driven for the major purpose of stabilizing soils. Nonetheless, driving piles into granular deposits will densify those deposits, and make them more capable of supporting pile loads. This is due to a combination of lateral displacement and vibration.
