Advisory Desk Note 369 Steel bearing piles: Pile driving formulae and driving resistance

Publication Year

2012

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Suggests when using pile-driving formula, the values should be checked against calculations of end bearing and friction capacity, based on the soil conditions and properties and on previous static test loads or dynamic pile test results.

Document History

Relates to SCI publications giving guidance on installation and testing of steel bearing piles: P156 Steel bearing piles guide (1997) and P335 H-pile design guide (2005).

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