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Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

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84 Piling equipment <strong>and</strong> methods<br />

Figure 3.13 Driving a 4 m dia monopile foundation for North Hoyle offshore wind farm using a Menck<br />

MHU 500T hammer with large diameter pile sleeve <strong>and</strong> anvil adapter (courtesy Seacore Ltd).<br />

Some free-fall hammers, for example, the Menck MHF series <strong>and</strong> the BSP CX series,<br />

have the option of additional acceleration by pressurizing the ‘equalizing housing’ above the<br />

piston, thereby increasing the energy by up to 20%.<br />

The characteristics of various makes of hydraulic hammer are listed in Table 3.2. It is<br />

possible that the driving energy of hydraulic hammers may exceed the rated energy <strong>and</strong> this<br />

must be considered when analysing stresses during driving (see Section 2.2.6). Generally,<br />

these hammers have the advantage of being able to operate underwater, <strong>and</strong> because there is<br />

no exhaust they can be operated inside a sound-proofed box. Most modern hydraulic hammers<br />

can be fitted with electronic instrumentation giving a continuous display of depth, driving<br />

resistance <strong>and</strong> set. The largest APE hammers are equipped with digital radio GRL velocity<br />

sensing <strong>and</strong> energy monitoring control system.

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