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Driven Pile Design: Inverse and Verification Methods

by Don Warrington, posted in Drivability and Vulcan Hammers

MORE RESOURCES Foundation Design and Analysis: Deep Foundations, Pile Dynamics Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations, 2016 Edition. The second volume covers this topic. It should be obvious that the state of our predictive methods should make verification necessary for deep foundations, and that is certainly the case. One type of verification already discussed … Continue reading Driven Pile Design: Inverse and Verification Methods

Driven Pile Design: Introduction and Overview

by Don Warrington, posted in Drivability and Vulcan Hammers

Another view of Santa Fe's Vulcan 560 at work. This wasn't the ideal way to lean the hammer, but one of the things that make Vulcan hammers popular was their ability to perform when misused or mishandled. The design of driven pile foundations--the oldest form of deep foundation in use--is something that gets the short … Continue reading Driven Pile Design: Introduction and Overview