Jouko Lehtonen The PYRAMIT project and the latest laboratory tests of micropiles at TUT

1. Jouko Lehtonen The PYRAMIT project and the latest laboratory tests of micropiles at TUT IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

2. The PYRAMIT project Dr Mauri Koskinen, HUT Dr Jukka Rantala, TUT Objectives: to develop micropile foundations to vertically large (high) and slender structures Contents: field tests of Titan and RD piles; collection of micropile foundation structures The latest laboratory tests of micropiles at TUT Mirko Harjula, MSc thesis Objectives: to verify shaft resistance of micropiles in loose soil material Contents: laboratory tests of RD / RR CSG piles IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

3. PYRAMIT RD 88.9 x 6.3 mm, drill bit D = 150 mm. IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

4. Titan 40/16 mm, drill bit D = 90 mm. IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

5. Dynamic probing and weight sounding tests, nr 1 on left and nr 2 on right. IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

6. Excavated and uplifted micropiles, T4 (on left) ja RD1 (on right). IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

7. Soil and Cement Mix Filtered cement Neat cement Pile structure T4 (on right) and RD1 (on left). IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

8. Structure of a RD micropile IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

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10. Windmill tower foundation IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

11. Windmill tower foundation IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

12. Telemasts etc IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

13. Telemasts etc IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

14. Noise barriers etc IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

15. Noise barriers etc IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

16. RD – and RR – CSG – micropiles Latest experiments in loose and medium dense sand, tests at TUT Mirko Harjula, Tampere University of Technology TUT, Laboratory of foundation and earth structures, Development of planning and installation of RD – CSG – piles, research assistant IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

17. PART 1: CSG – micropiles and geotechnical capacity • RR- / RD – CSG - piles • Steelgrade up to 550J2H • Diameter 60…300mm, normally 90…140mm • Installation methods: driving, jacking, drilling or screwing • CSG = Continuously Shaft Grouted • Pile grouted inside-out simultaneously to pile installation • Grout through holes inside collar or drill bit flushing holes • Grout body thickness minimum 20mm outside pile • W/C ~0.4 – 0.6 with portland cement IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

18. Geotecnical capacity of the CSG – piles • CSG – pile transfers loads from superstructure to soil mainly through it’s shaft • Geotechnical capacity depends on friction forces between pile grout body and surrounding soil • Geotechical capacity can be calculated when pile´s collar, drill bit or effective diameter and surrounding soil conditions are known • Normal way to calculate CSG – pile capacity on it’s limit state condition is: Ru = pile capacity at the limit state Rbu = pile base limit state capacity Rsu = pile shaft limit state capacity CSG – piles shaft and base resistance can be calculated throught experimentaly made tables or using soil parameters and known pile base and shaft areas IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

19. Base resistance (Rbu) • Rbu = qbu + Ab • Ab = area of pile base • qbu can be calculated using pile and soil parameters or readymade tables • Soil parameters: • qbu = σ’v * Nq • σ’v = vertical stress meanvalue at the pile lenght • Nq = bearing capacity multiplier, corresponding to pile- soil friction angle (top right) • Readymade tables (table right down) IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

20. Shaft Resistance (Rsu) • Rsu = qsu * As = Ks * tanφa * σ’v * As = β * σ’v * As • qsu = pile shaft resistance / square meter • As = effective shaft area • Ks = lateral earth pressure • φa = pile – soil friction angle after pile installation • σ’v = effective vertical stress at the pile lenght • Soil parameters • Shaft resistance can be calculated as shown above. Values for β calculation can be taken from topmost picture. Values shown at the picture are experimental values which has been made through many field studies. • Readymade tables (right down) • Table as shown is based on experimental field tests and is in daily use, when planning CSG- piling sites. IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

21. Part 2: Latest experiments • Until now CSG – piles has been tested and manufactured mainly for sites where pile has been driven or drilled from dense to very dense layer. • Piles has not been validly tested in loose and medium dense soils such as loose sand and silt until recently. • Next pages are part of latest test results from Tampere University of Technology, Laboratory of foundation and earth structures´ project ”Developement of installation and planning of RD – CSG – piles”. IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

22. RD – CSG - project • Project is a main part of a master thesis that is carried out by literature surveillance, laboratory and field tests • Main goals are to study and develop drilled CSG – piles in soft soil. Such as loose silt and sand. • Develop codes of planning and installation for CSG – piles. Update old CSG – codes (Rautaruukki Oyj, 2002) • Study how skinfriction improves geotechnical capasitance. • Study how much grout surface can protect steel-pipe-pile against corrosion and estimate how much cement is needed to make a single CSG - pile and group of pilescosts and economy IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

23. Test environment • Test site was Tampere University of Technology’s, Laboratory of foundation and earth structures test pit • Test pit dimensions were 2.5 x 2.5 x 5.0m • Test pit was filled with medium sized sand that was filled and compacted at 0.2…0.3m layers. • Compaction was made with 100 kg hydraulic compactor IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

24. Tested soil material • Soil material at the test pit was medium sized sand • Moisture ratio 4%, optimum ratio from Proctor test was 15% • σ = 16.8 kN/m3 • Dynamic probing resistance N20 mainly under 20ht/0.2m. • Sand frictionangle φ = 33° before piling, after piling ~36 ° IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

25. Tested piles • Totally 10 piles has been installed at 2 installation procedures by now. • First five RR - CSG - piles were installed with BSP 500 (top right) hydraulic driven machine. Next five RD – CSG - piles were installed with KLEM 802 (below right) drilling rig using top-hammer drill. • Piling length for all piles has been 4m. • CSG – piles were grouted for whole length. • Tested piles: • 2 x RR90 CSG140 • 2 x RR90 plain steel • 2 x RR140 plain steel • 4 x RD90 CSG140 • At least 4 piles is still coming in for testing. IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

26. Pile testing • All piles were tested in compression, until either structural or geotechnical capacity reached it’s limit. • Piles were tested with hydraylic jack, force gauge and four gauges which measured pile head settlement during loading. • Testing procedure was: • Calculating pile geotechnical capacity • Calculating eight loading steps for pile before calculated geotechnical limit state • Loading pile with calculated loading steps, every step was maintaned until pile settlement was below 0.004mm/min…at least 10 minutes. • Loading steps were made until pile reached it’s limit state • Limit load was maintained 5 - 10 minutes • Unloading from limit load was made with five steps and every step was maintained 5 minutes IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

27. Test results • Pile tests has now been performed for ten piles. For six CSG – piles and four plain steel piles. • It has come quite clear that CSG – piles´ geotechnical capacity and loading curve differs greatly from those of plain steel • For all CSG – piles which were tested in sand geotechnical capacity has been over 200 kN. At the same conditions, plain steel piles have reached loading level about 70 - 100kN. • CSG – pile skin friction at loose sand has been over 100kPa/m2. • β value after negating base recistance from total pile load has been calculated to be about 2.9. In calculations frictionangle, after CSG – pile installation, between pile and soil is 36° and σ = 16.8 kN/m3 for whole pile lenght (4m). IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen

28. Afterwords • RD – CSG – project is still going on and new data is coming in every day • At the future we hope to make better piles more efficiently, cheaper and economically than today • Still there is much to study and work so let’s make it together • Mirko Harjula, Tampere University of Technology, Laboratory of foundation and earth structures, Development of planning and installation of RD – CSG – piles, recearch assistant IWM 2004 Jouko Lehtonen