Thanks all for your input - very informative. Those papers are a fantastic place to continue my thinking! I would agree with BigHarvey and conclude that for granular, there may be something there (although any help may be wiped out by the bolts during installation) but there wont be much help...
Hi all,
I am currently attempting to figure out the increase in strength one would see in soils adjacent to a helical pile after installation.
When screwing in the helical pile (e.g. 200mm shaft - closed tip), the shaft obviously displaces a certain amount of soil - let us assume for now we...
