When WEAP86/87 was introduced, one of the major advances was the inclusion of a comprehensive hammer database. This has been continued and expanded in subsequent versions such as GRLWEAP 2003 and GRLWEAP 2010. One anomaly was that, although the Vulcan #2 and Vulcan 30C hammers were included in the database, the driving accessory information was … Continue reading GRLWEAP Accessory Specifications for the Vulcan #2 and 30C Hammers
First, we need to review what we've learned from our previous posts on diesel hammers. First, the posts themselves: Diesel Hammers: Rated Striking Energy, and Should Diesel Hammers Be Derated? Diesel Hammers: Delmag, Nilens and the Method of Analysis Diesel Hammers: The Russian Hammers and Hemi-Headed Pile Drivers Diesel Hammers: Pileco Now we can discuss what we have … Continue reading Diesel Hammers: Vulcan Series II Diesel Hammers
Above: Pileco D-8 diesel hammer on Vulcan Foundation Equipment's excavator mast, ready to drive below grade. Photo courtesy of Vulcan Foundation Equipment. Since we dealt with older European diesel hammers in the post Diesel Hammers: Delmag, Nilens and the Method of Analysis, let's turn to something more contemporary: Pileco diesel hammers, one of several organisations which … Continue reading Diesel Hammers: Pileco
At the start of this, it's probably worthwhile to repost the following: In the early 1970’s, when the Brezhnev era seemed most full of promise, an elderly Frenchman travelled from Moscow to Khabarovsk on the Trans-Siberian railway. After only a few hours at the eastern end of the line he boarded the train again for … Continue reading Diesel Hammers: The Russian Hammers and Hemi-Headed Pile Drivers
The classic Delmag diesel hammer, a D-30, early 1990's. In Diesel Hammers: Some Basic Thermodynamics, and the Mean Effective Pressure it was noted that the diesel hammers were developed in Germany between the World Wars. The Germans went to war the second time with diesel hammers in hand to aid their war effort. (The U.S. did … Continue reading Diesel Hammers: Delmag, Nilens and the Method of Analysis
Now we get into a topic that's potentially controversial: the energy rating of diesel hammers, or any impact hammer for that matter. Let's start with defining what we mean by rated energy. Efficiency and Rated Striking Energy Hibbeler (1989) defines mechanical efficiency as follows: $latex e = \frac{Energy\,Output}{Energy\,Input} $ (15) A quick look at Equation … Continue reading Diesel Hammers: Rated Striking Energy, and Should Diesel Hammers Be Derated?
With recent upheaval over tariffs and our long-term commercial relationship with China, one is led to wonder: is the era of the "Chimags" at an end? Or at least not what it used to be? And could another different diesel hammer be manufactured in the U.S. (yes, there are other manufacturers)? In this series we'll … Continue reading Diesel Hammers: Some Basic Thermodynamics, and the Mean Effective Pressure
This is yet another paper which cited my work, in this case the ZWAVE paper. Once again I'm not sure why they picked this one; it's probably because I explored a soil model based on that of Randolph and Simons (1986), which they also cited and discussed. I came back to models like this in … Continue reading Comments on “A novel soil reaction model for continuous impact pile driving”
It is my custom to link to and make comments on papers which cite my work. This paper is titled Construction of a mathematical model of dynamic loads in a jib self-propelled crane when pulling a sheet pile out of the ground. It comes from Ukraine, and it is the first study of its kind … Continue reading Comments on “Construction of a mathematical model of dynamic loads in a jib self-propelled crane when pulling a sheet pile out of the ground.”
This is an overview of the motion of the "standard" type of diesel fuel pump cam which is used to deliver fuel from the fuel tank to the combustion chamber of a single-acting, tubular type of diesel hammer. What are Kinematics? As defined in Seely and Ensign, "Kinematics deals with the relation between distance, time, … Continue reading The Kinematics of Diesel Fuel Pump Cams
vulcanhammer.info 