Looking for bent H-pile photo
Looking for bent H-pile photo
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Somewhere in my past I saw a great photo of an H-pile being installed and an adjacent car being jacked up in the air from the same pile. No doubt the pile hit rock, bent and horse-shoe'd up only to find the underside of a parked car. Does anybody have a copy of that photo? If so, can you post a URL to it?
¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!
¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!





RE: Looking for bent H-pile photo
RE: Looking for bent H-pile photo
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¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!
RE: Looking for bent H-pile photo
I have heard that H piles surfaced in a similar manner during construction of some elements of the I-70 project, through Glenwood Canyon, back in the mid 1980's.
I have run into many engineers, not to mention the clients and architects, who believe the installation of driven piling must be the ideal solution and oftentimes are amazed that problems can develop.
RE: Looking for bent H-pile photo
RE: Looking for bent H-pile photo
Although driven piles are not applicable to every deep foundation solution, They can solve most problems and generally are the most ecconomical solution. Like any engineered element, they must be installed correctly by knowledgeable people. Generally these H-pile splits occur because someone ignored termination blowcounts and tried to keep driving. Once the pile splits or curls(which really takes a lot of force), the blow count to keep curling or splitting the web drops way off and remains constant.
I don't think it is fair to say pile systems would not be appropriate in these cases, but rather those who are installing and inspecting should be familar with the work and the project requirements.
RE: Looking for bent H-pile photo
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¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!