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Author:
Liew Shaw Shong
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2001-05-18 |
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Recently, I've some High Strain Dynamic Pile Test (HSDPT) results for pile driving monitoring on a test pile. I notice that there is a obvious trend of tensile stress increase after jointing the first extention pile, where the starter pile is 11m into the ground.
At the end of driving, the pile is about 17m long with 12m starter pile and 12 extension pile. There is about 3m toe penetration into hard layer (SPT-N > 50). The general overburden has SPT-N of 5 for first top 4m and 15 for the subsequent 10m. The subsoil is mainly Silty Clay with some gravel at the lower stratum.
The tester's explaination on this phenomenon can be contributed by the following:
a. The welded joint tends to open up during the upward reflection wave passing back to the upper extention pile, which allows the upper extension pile to move more than the lower starter pile, therefore tensile stress is recorded.
b. The contrast in shaft friction allow the upper portion of the pile segments, which have lower friction, move a little bit more than the lower pile segments, which have more restraints for movement from the higher shaft friction, during the impact wave reflecting upward.
Is there any other reasons for the occurrence of high tensile stress on pile in this ground condition?
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Author:
sv ekanayake
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2001-05-24 |
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no 23,
gajabapura(nhs),
kolonnawa,
sri lanka.
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to subject 'Dynamic Pile Testing'
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Subject:
Tensile Stress on Pile Driving 