Although Vulcan exported its pile driving equipment from the start, it was it's foray into the offshore oil business that gave Vulcan a truly international perspective. That perspective put some of the world's "hot spots" into its field of interest, and two of them are very active these days: Hong Kong and the Straits of … Continue reading Hong Kong and the Straits of Hormuz: It’s Amazing It Took This Long
Author: Don Warrington
Pile Buck Ads 4: Link Belt Diesel with a Mandrel — vulcanhammer.net
The fourth in our series on the ads which Pile Buck allowed vulcanhammer.net to run was this shot of a Link Belt 520 driving shell piles using the Vulcan Expanding Mandrel. The mandrel’s history and shell piles in general are discussed here. The Link Belt 520 is an interesting story in itself. The diesel […] via … Continue reading Pile Buck Ads 4: Link Belt Diesel with a Mandrel — vulcanhammer.net
Port of Singapore — Construction and architecture
The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade, and which handle Singapore‘s harbours and shipping. It is ranked as the top maritime capital of the world, since 2015. Currently the world’s second-busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage, it also trans-ships a fifth of the world’s shipping … Continue reading Port of Singapore — Construction and architecture
STADYN Wave Equation Program 11: Application of the STADYN Program to Analyze Piles Driven Into Sand — vulcanhammer.net
The newest update for the STADYN research project is available: Download Application of the STADYN Program to Analyze Piles Driven Into Sand The abstract is as follows: Abstract: The STADYN program was developed for the analysis of driven piles both during installation and in axial loading. Up until now the test cases used were in […] … Continue reading STADYN Wave Equation Program 11: Application of the STADYN Program to Analyze Piles Driven Into Sand — vulcanhammer.net
Pile Buck Ads 3: Nilens Diesel Hammer Driving Sheet Piles — vulcanhammer.net
The third in our series of vulcanhammer.net ads for Pile Buck include this one, showing a Nilens diesel hammer driving sheet piling using a “spud” or “rail” type leader in the back. Nilens was one of Vulcan’s more interesting adventures in pile driving equipment. The method used is a typically European practice that has found […] … Continue reading Pile Buck Ads 3: Nilens Diesel Hammer Driving Sheet Piles — vulcanhammer.net
Hand drafting – TECHNICAL INK PENS — Construction and architecture
From the first time it produced drawings (the oldest on this site goes back to the 1870's) until the late 1950's, Vulcan produced all of its drawings using pen and ink, as described below (although I'll bet that many weren't drawn using the Rapidograph type pen shown below!) Many of these were drawn on linen. … Continue reading Hand drafting – TECHNICAL INK PENS — Construction and architecture
The Art of William H. Warrington
This post is something of a departure, in that it features the pencil sketch art of my great uncle, William H. Warrington (right, from his carte de visite.) But first some background is in order. William H. Warrington was born 17 September 1846, grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He became the manager of the Vulcan … Continue reading The Art of William H. Warrington
The Pile Buck Ads 2: Vulcan #1 Hammer in Action — vulcanhammer.net
On this, the twenty-second anniversary of the beginning of this site, we present another of the ads which Pile Buck allowed us to run in their books. It shows the Vulcan #1 hammer on the South Side of Chicago. It also features the URL of the vulcanhammer.info site, which is dedicated to Vulcan hammers and […] … Continue reading The Pile Buck Ads 2: Vulcan #1 Hammer in Action — vulcanhammer.net
The Pile Buck Ads 1: Vulcan 3100 Assembled — vulcanhammer.net
This site has never had an “advertising budget” but in the last decade the publisher Pile Buck gave it the opportunity to advertise itself in its books Sheet Pile Design by Pile Buck and Pile Driving by Pile Buck. There were five in the series, and this is the first, using the assembly of the […] … Continue reading The Pile Buck Ads 1: Vulcan 3100 Assembled — vulcanhammer.net
Picking Up Concrete Piles for Driving
One of the concepts students in geotechnical engineering courses seem to have the most trouble with is estimating stresses in concrete piles during pick-up and setting them in place to drive. The basic problem is that it's sometimes hard to get our heads around the analytical simplification of the actual situation. Let's start by looking … Continue reading Picking Up Concrete Piles for Driving
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