The development of sheet piling and the Warrington-Vulcan hammers was about the same time (along with concrete piles, other types of steel piles, and the Engineering News Formula.) The years leading up to World War I were ones of rapid development in the marine construction and deep foundation industries, and Vulcan was in the middle … Continue reading Vulcan and Sheet Piling
Sheet Pile Design by Pile Buck Harry A. Lindahl and Don C. WarringtonPile Buck International2007 The successor to the classic Pile Buck Sheet Piling Design Manual, this Pile Buck exclusive is the definitive reference for the design of sheet pile walls. It covers every aspect of sheet pile design including the soil mechanics and earth … Continue reading Design of Sheet Pile Walls
Although the classic Warrington-Vulcan and Super-Vulcan hammers were not the best suited to interface with sheeting, doing so was very common for these versatile hammers. Here are some examples broken down into two parts: the sheeting layouts and the cap configurations. These are from the years Vulcan was in Chicago, before it moved to Chattanooga … Continue reading Making an Impact on Sheet Piling
In the 1960's Vulcan put out its Data Manual, which is now (with some improvements) in the vulcanhammer.info Guide to Pile Driving Equipment. Part of that gave dimensions for a wide variety of sheet piling. The purpose of this post is to use some of these illustrations to show various types of hot rolled sheet piling … Continue reading A Vulcan View of Hot-Rolled Sheet Piling
Axial Response of Three Vibratory and Three Impact Driven H-Piles in Sand Jean-Louis BriaudLarry M. TuckerBriaud Engineers U.S. Army Corps of EngineersMiscellaneous Paper GL-88-28August 1988 A research program to compare the ultimate axial capacity of vibratory and impact driven H-piles in sand was conducted at a San Francisco, CA, site. The effects of time-lapse after … Continue reading Monographs on Vibratory and Impact-Vibration Pile Driving
Improvement of the Capacity of Vibrating Hammers for Driving Pipes Into Soils (article in English) M.G. Tseitlin, VNIIGSOsnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 3, pp. 6-9, May-June, 1973 It is known that vibrating hammers (impact-vibration hammers) are highly effective for driving pipes. However, their wide use is prevented by their insufficient durability and high energy … Continue reading Material on Vibratory and Impact-Vibration Equipment from the Soviet Union and Russia
Development of a Parameter Selection Method for Vibratory Pile Driver Design with Hammer Suspension This paper details the mathematical modelling of vibratory pile driving systems using a linear model with the objective of obtaining a closed form solution to estimate either the power requirement of the machine, the torque requirement of the motor driving the … Continue reading Articles and Monographs on Vibratory and Impact-Vibration Equipment Written by Vulcan Personnel
Pile Buck’s interview with Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI), the largest manufacturer of industry-standard, high quality Deep Foundation testing solutions, …INTERVIEW: Pile Dynamics, Inc.
From this article about the discovery of settlements 3,000 years old around Lake Lucerne in Switzerland: Experts used radiocarbon analysis to date the artifacts to about 1000 B.C., when the lake level was more than 16 feet lower than it is today, writes Garry Shaw for the Art Newspaper. According to the statement, these conditions … Continue reading Once Again, Driven Piles are First
My trip report to the rest of Vulcan after I got back from this epic started with the following, forty years ago today: Out of the shadows came Jesse Perry (seated) and Lloyd Berwald. Jesse was Vulcan's most experienced field service person, who also had good customer relations skills along with an extensive knowledge of … Continue reading Forty Years of “A Fistful of Yuan”
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