×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

orientation of precast concrete piles

orientation of precast concrete piles

orientation of precast concrete piles

(OP)
What is considered an acceptable rotational tolerance for the installation of square precast concrete piles? In other words, how much can the pile be oriented from the plan orientation?

RE: orientation of precast concrete piles

In most cases, it makes no difference. Precast concrete piles, unless designed for bending, are just axial members, so the orientation has no affect.

RE: orientation of precast concrete piles

(OP)
These particular piles have a pinned connection to the pile cap. They have a small shear load at the top. This would create some bending but it is not significant.

RE: orientation of precast concrete piles

I think 75mm tolerance is the norm in any direction in plan.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources