Accession Number:

AD0694120

Title:

INTERPLAY OF FROZEN GROUND WITH PILES AND PIPES DURING VIBRATORY DRIVING,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Vyalov,S. S.
• Targulyan,Yu. O.
• Vysorskii,D. P.

Report Date:

1969-09-18

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

The article deals with excavation experiments in the frozen climates of Siberia. Tests were conducted to determine the most productive method of sinking bore holes and driving piles. Three types of excavation machinery were tested impact, vibratory-impact, and pure vibratory action. Of the three, the vibration method of pile driving was considered to be the most productive under certain permafrost conditions. Because the vibration method is able to convert mechanical energy into thermal energy, excavation in freezing temperatures is greatly facilitated. The thermal energy, which is produced predominantely at area surrounding pile point, helps to reduce resistivity of the soil and facilitates pile insertion. Additionally, a lubricant the thawing of the ice-saturated layer of frozen ground adjoining the lateral surface of the pile produced by thermal energy decreases the amount of friction of pile against soil.

Descriptors:

• (*PERMAFROST
• FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES))
• (*FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES)
• SUPPORTS)
• (*SUPPORTS
• PENETRATION)
• CONSTRUCTION
• SIBERIA
• ICE
• SOIL MECHANICS
• VIBRATION
• HAMMERS
• DRILLING
• PIPES
• IMPACT SHOCK
• SHOCK RESISTANCE
• FRICTION
• MELTING
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Snow, Ice and Permafrost
• Structural Engineering and Building Technology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE