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Patrick Hannigan
GRL Engineers, Inc.
COMMON DRIVEN PILE TYPES
Classification
Concrete Steel Timber Composite
Chart
Shell
Prestressed Reinforced
Un-Filled Concrete
Filled
Pre- Post- Jointed Non-
tension tension Jointed
Cylinder
MAXIMUM Typical Design Stress: 0.8 to 1.2 ksi (based on pile toe area)
STRESSESS: Driving Stress: 3 x Design Stress
18 in.
Full Penetration
H-pile Splicer
Groove Weld
H-Pile - Splices
Open End Pipe Pile Overview
TYPICAL LENGHTS: 15 to 150 feet or greater
Fillet
Weld
Full Penetration
Groove Weld
Pipe Pile - Splicing
Friction Splicer
Monotube Pile Overview
TYPICAL LENGHTS: 15 to 80 feet
Cut V Notches at 90
Fillet Weld
Grind V Notches
Tapertube Pile Overview
TYPICAL LENGHTS: 15 to 80 feet or greater
MAXIMUM Design Stress: 0.33 fc 0.27 fpe (on gross concrete area)
STRESSESS: Driving Stress: 0.85 fc fpe (in compression)
3 fc + fpe (in tension)
Typical 10 20 20 36 10 24
Sizes inch inch inch
11 18 11 15
inch void inch void
Concrete
Pile
Splices
Mechanical
Splice
Epoxy-
Dowel
Splice
Prestressed Concrete - Cutoff
Spun Cast Concrete
Cylinder Piles
Spun Cast Concrete
Cylinder Piles
Pile Properties
High strength concrete, fc = 7 ksi, fpe = 1.2 ksi
16 ft long pile segments (typical)
Segments combined and post-tensioned
Typical Sizes
36, 42, 48, 54, & 66 inch O.D.
5 & 6 inch wall
Welded Splice
Composite Piles - Overview
TYPICAL LENGHTS: 50 to 200 feet.
Concrete H-pile
Composite Piles
Corrugated Shell - Timber
Pipe - Concrete
Pile Selection
Shape
Characteristic Pile Types Placement Effects
Shape
Characteristic Pile Types Placement Effects
Shape
Characteristic Pile Types Placement Effects
Thin Wall
Shells
Questions
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