Research of the Process of Pile Driving into Soil by Means of Serial Impact

Abstract

In this work pile drivability into soil is considered; for pile driving the blow action hammer is used. Post-impact translation motion of pile under gravity and resisting forces is theoretically defined: penetration of a pile into a soil per one impact and the duration of motion are calculated. It allows defining necessary time of the pile driving till the required level if the properties of soil are known. Two methods are employed: rigid body model and wave theory of impact