Ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving

Pile driving is a complex dynamic process where little insight has been garnered in terms of the energy transfer from the driver to the soil and surrounding structures. Ground motion measurements during driving of full scale steel H-piles with diesel hammers are presented. The key feature of this wo...

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Main Authors: Grizi, Athina, Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Adda, Woods, Richard
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Published: American Society of Civil Engineers 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50849/
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author Grizi, Athina
Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Adda
Woods, Richard
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description Pile driving is a complex dynamic process where little insight has been garnered in terms of the energy transfer from the driver to the soil and surrounding structures. Ground motion measurements during driving of full scale steel H-piles with diesel hammers are presented. The key feature of this work is the in-depth sensor installation starting very close to the pile (0.2 m), at other radial distances from the pile, and at various depths in the ground. Differences in wave sources from the tip and the shaft of the pile as well as wave attenuation coefficients are revealed from the sensor measurements. Attenuation relationships fitted through the data could be used to predict ground motion that could cause shakedown settlement. A conventional line array of surface mounted geophones was also used and results are presented.
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spelling nottingham-508492020-05-04T17:46:28Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50849/ Ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving Grizi, Athina Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Adda Woods, Richard Pile driving is a complex dynamic process where little insight has been garnered in terms of the energy transfer from the driver to the soil and surrounding structures. Ground motion measurements during driving of full scale steel H-piles with diesel hammers are presented. The key feature of this work is the in-depth sensor installation starting very close to the pile (0.2 m), at other radial distances from the pile, and at various depths in the ground. Differences in wave sources from the tip and the shaft of the pile as well as wave attenuation coefficients are revealed from the sensor measurements. Attenuation relationships fitted through the data could be used to predict ground motion that could cause shakedown settlement. A conventional line array of surface mounted geophones was also used and results are presented. American Society of Civil Engineers 2016-04-15 Article PeerReviewed Grizi, Athina, Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Adda and Woods, Richard (2016) Ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 142 (8). 04016035/1-04016035/11. ISSN 1943-5606 Impact pile driving; H-piles; Ground motion vibrations; Energy propagation; Attenuation rate https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GT.1943-5606.0001499 doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001499 doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001499
spellingShingle Impact pile driving; H-piles; Ground motion vibrations; Energy propagation; Attenuation rate
Grizi, Athina
Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Adda
Woods, Richard
Ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving
title Ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving
title_full Ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving
title_fullStr Ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving
title_full_unstemmed Ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving
title_short Ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving
title_sort ground vibration measurements near impact pile driving
topic Impact pile driving; H-piles; Ground motion vibrations; Energy propagation; Attenuation rate
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50849/
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