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Looking for bent H-pile photo
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Looking for bent H-pile photo

Looking for bent H-pile photo

(OP)
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!

RE: Looking for bent H-pile photo

(OP)
Thank you very much.

f-d

¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!

RE: Looking for bent H-pile photo

In my mind, that picture and the diagrams are priceless.

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

fattdad, you sent me nearly 28yrs back to Austin, Tx.  I think it was Dr Steve Right who showed us a similar picture and I believe I still have it somewhere in my notes.  If I am not mistaken, I think the car was a volvo. I'll check it out and if I succeed in finding it I'll scan it for you.

RE: Looking for bent H-pile photo

emmgjld,

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

(OP)
Doc08:  Let me know if you find the Volvo photo.  That may be just what I saw in graduate school also. . . (not that I don't appreciate the helpful reply above too).

f-d

¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!

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