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Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

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Penetration depth – m<br />

0<br />

5<br />

10<br />

15<br />

20<br />

25<br />

30<br />

100<br />

Blows per foot penetration<br />

200 300<br />

Note:<br />

H-piles <strong>and</strong> precast concrete piles<br />

driven by Delmag D-22 Hammer<br />

355 × 355 mm (1499sq)<br />

precast concrete piles<br />

(average of 6 piles)<br />

<strong>Pile</strong> heads spalling<br />

0 25 50 75 100<br />

Blows per 100 mm penetration<br />

400 500<br />

355 × 368 mm (1499 × 14½99) × 174 kg/m<br />

H-piles (average of 6 piles)<br />

125 150<br />

10<br />

20<br />

30<br />

40<br />

50<br />

60<br />

70<br />

80<br />

90<br />

Penetration depth-feet<br />

Loose fine<br />

s<strong>and</strong><br />

Very soft to<br />

soft s<strong>and</strong>y silty<br />

clay<br />

Stiff to very stiff<br />

s<strong>and</strong>y silty clay<br />

with gravel<br />

Stiff to very stiff<br />

s<strong>and</strong>y silty clay<br />

Dense to very dense<br />

silty s<strong>and</strong><br />

(N 560)<br />

Dense gravel<br />

<strong>and</strong> cobbles<br />

(N 536)<br />

Very stiff s<strong>and</strong>y<br />

silty clay <strong>and</strong><br />

gravel<br />

Figure 2.18 Comparison of driving resistance of 355 � 355 mm precast concrete piles <strong>and</strong><br />

355 � 368 mm H-section piles driven into glacial clays, s<strong>and</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> gravels in Hartlepools<br />

Power Station.

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