NCDOT s Recent Experience With Static Load Testing on Large Prestressed Concrete Piles

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1 NCDOT s Recent Experience With Static Load Testing on Large Prestressed Concrete Piles Michael Valiquette NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit October 29, 2014

2 Oregon Inlet Gallant s Channel Cape Fear River Locations of Recent Static Load Tests 2

3 Oregon Inlet Overhead Photo 3

4 Reaction Beam Hammer Support Barge Oregon Inlet Overhead Photo 4

5 32-ft Water Depth Pile Tip = -120 ft. Oregon Inlet Subsurface Conditions 5

6 Oregon Inlet Instrumentation 6

7 Oregon Inlet Instrumentation 7

8 Oregon Inlet Test Pile Delivery 8

9 Oregon Inlet Pile Restraint Frame Sketch 9

10 Oregon Inlet Pile Reaction Beam Sketch 10

11 Oregon Inlet Pile Restraint Frame 11

12 Oregon Inlet Difficult Working Conditions 12

13 Oregon Inlet Difficult Working Conditions 13

14 Oregon Inlet Testing Jet String 14

15 Oregon Inlet Testing Jet String 15

16 Oregon Inlet 36 Pile Pick 16

17 Oregon Inlet 36 Pile Jetting 17

18 Oregon Inlet Hammer Pileco D225 ~ 50 kip ram 18

19 Oregon Inlet Hammer Pileco D225 ~ 50 kip ram 19

20 Oregon Inlet Barge Tilting 20

21 Oregon Inlet Crane Leveling Mats 21

22 Oregon Inlet Barge Leveling Ballast 22

23 Oregon Inlet Pile Driving 23

24 Oregon Inlet Pile Driving 24

25 Oregon Inlet Reaction Piles 25

26 Oregon Inlet Reaction Beam- 3,000 kip target load 26

27 Oregon Inlet Reaction Beam- 3,000 kip target load 27

28 Oregon Inlet Jack Group 28

29 Oregon Inlet Instrumentation 29

30 Oregon Inlet Load Displacement Curve 30

31 Oregon Inlet Post Test Lateral Movement 31

32 Oregon Inlet Pile Head Lateral Displacement 32

33 ? 32-ft Water Depth Oregon Inlet Strain Gage Interpretation 33

34 Oregon Inlet Lateral Load Test 34

35 Oregon Inlet Lateral Load Test 35

36 Oregon Inlet Lateral Load Test Deflection 36

37 Oregon Inlet Lateral Load Test Deflection Curves 37

38 Cape Fear Overhead Photo 38

39 Pile Tip = -80 ft. Cape Fear Subsurface Conditions 39

40 Cape Fear Spud Pile 40

41 Cape Fear Hammer ICE I-80 41

42 Cape Fear Pile Driving 42

43 Cape Fear Pile Driving 43

44 Cape Fear Reaction Beams ~ 1,660 kip target test load 44

45 Cape Fear Reference Beam 45

46 Cape Fear Jack and Tell Tale Rods 46

47 Cape Fear Bearing Plates 47

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51 Cape Fear Pile Head Failure around 1,600 kips 51

52 Cape Fear Pile Head Failure around 1,600 kips 52

53 Cape Fear Pile Head Failure around 1,600 kips 53

54 Gallant s Channel Overhead Photo 54

55 Pile Tip = -95 ft. Gallant s Channel Subsurface Conditions 55

56 Gallant s Channel Pile Driving APE D80-42 Hammer 56

57 Gallant s Channel Reaction Beams ~ 1,660 kip target test load 57

58 Gallant s Channel Safety Cage and Instrumentation 58

59 Displacement (inches) FIGURE 2 - Applied Load (based on Hydraulic Jack Pressure Gage versus Top and Tip of Pile Displacement Test Pile - 30 Inch Square US 70 Bridge NCDOT TIP No. R Load (kips) Average Top of Pile Displacement from LVWDT's Adjusted Tell Tale A (Elev ft) Gallant s Channel Load Displacement Curve 59

60 Computed Displacement at Gage Level 5 0 FIGURE 21- Resistance below Strain Gage Level 6 Test Pile - 30 Inch Square US 70 Bridge NCDOT TIP No. R Resistance (kips) Below Gage Level 6 Linear (Below Gage Level 6) Gallant s Channel End Bearing 60

61 Load (kips) FIGURE 3 - Applied Load versus Time Test Pile - 30 Inch Square US 70 Bridge NCDOT TIP No. R Time (hours) Load Based on Pressure Gauge Re-zeroed Load Based on Load Cell Raw Load Based on Load Cell Gallant s Channel Load Cell vs Pressure Gauge 61

62 Microstrain (ue) 400 FIGURE 9 - Microstrain versus Time for Gage Level 1 Test Pile - 30 Inch Square US 70 Bridge NCDOT TIP No. R Time (hours) 1A 1B 1C 1D Level 1 Average Gallant s Channel Top Level Strain Gages 62

63 Load (kips) FIGURE 4 - Applied Load and Computed Average Strain Gage Level Forces versus Time Test Pile - 30 Inch Square US 70 Bridge NCDOT TIP No. R Time (hours) Load Based on Pressure Gauge Level 1 Average Level 2 Average Level 3 Average Level 4 Average Level 5 Average Gallant s Channel Load Distribution 63

64 Questions? Michael Valiquette NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit October 29, 2014

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