Ground Vibration Measurements near Impact Pile Driving
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Abstract
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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Acknowledgments
The work presented in this paper was funded by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) (contract 2010-0296, #114128). The authors wish to thank Mr. Richard Endres and Mr. Tony Pietrangelo by MDOT, and alumni students of the University of Michigan Mohammad Kabalan, Adam Lobbestael, Jane Gregg, and Zaher Hamzeh, for their assistance with various tasks in this research.
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Volume 142 • Issue 8 • August 2016
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Received: May 26, 2015
Accepted: Jan 13, 2016
Published online: Apr 15, 2016
Published in print: Aug 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Sep 15, 2016
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