Acceptance Criteria for Timber Piles
Acceptance Criteria for Timber Piles
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Hi,
I am working on a small timber jetty supported on 10" dia timber piles. The maximum working load on a single pile is 2 kips. We plan on load testing the piles and I am looking for some advice on acceptance criteria for lightly loaded piles such as in this case.
Thanks
I am working on a small timber jetty supported on 10" dia timber piles. The maximum working load on a single pile is 2 kips. We plan on load testing the piles and I am looking for some advice on acceptance criteria for lightly loaded piles such as in this case.
Thanks





RE: Acceptance Criteria for Timber Piles
Being for a jetty, your criteria might better be embedment required to ensure lateral stability of the structure. What about that?
RE: Acceptance Criteria for Timber Piles
Any comment?
RE: Acceptance Criteria for Timber Piles
but, - as I indicated, lateral stability of the pier will be important and this might not be achieved if you are only driving into and not through the swamp deposit (paludal). Not sure that you will need to load test a pile for that small load - which might be less than the pile weight.
The other aspect that you need to consider is weathering of the pile - will these be creosoted or . . .? Wet/dry cycles on timber piles can be detrimental.