Helical Piles Design, Installation and Testing
By:
Yasser Abdelghany*, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Helical piles/anchors have been utilized in uplift forces applications for many years. More recently, they have gained popularity for bearing load applications. The speed and ease of installation, as well as low cost for new construction and repair, make them versatile for many applications.
This course focuses, in detail, on the basic fundamentals of helical piles and the different design theories for piles subjected to axial and lateral loads. In addition, it explores the most recent advances for helical piles subjected to seismic and machine loads. Types of helical piles, installation methods, and effect of geometrical configurations on their performance and capacity are discussed. A thorough treatment of the different field testing programs (i.e. static and cyclic loading and vertical vibration tests) is provided together with a brief description on the instrumentation techniques. Most recent advances in the construction and performance of square-shaft small diameter piles as well as the circular-shaft large diameter piles are presented.
Credit:
7.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH)
Course Objective
To provide the participants with adequate knowledge on the general principles and theories of helical piles as a versatile pilling technique.
Who should attend?
Geotechnical and Bridge Engineers, Projects managers and engineers of national, provincial and local building construction or highways agencies and Construction contractors' engineers and project managers who deal with major or mega projects. Construction, land developers, foundations contractors and sub contractors, technicians and supervisors who are interested in deep foundations.
Program One Day Course Outline
Properties of Soil
Introduction
Index properties
Effective stress
Shear strength parameters Stiffness parameters Dynamic soil properties
Geotechnical Investigation
Introduction
Subsurface exploration program
Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
Cone Penetration Test (CPT)
Soil parameters forpile design
Anchors and Helical Piles: Introduction,installation, and applications
Introduction on pile foundations
Introduction on anchors and helical piles
History of helical piles/anchors Applications of helical piles/anchors Helical piles installation/equipment
Soils and site suitability
Helical piles installation torque measurement and calibration
Types of helical piles
Bearing and Uplift Capacities
Pile toe and shaft resistances Theories:
- Individual bearing method
- Cylindrical shear method
Bearing capacity of single-helix and multi-helix piles in cohesive soils
Bearing capacity of single-helix and multi-helix piles in cohesionless soils
Uplift capacity of single-helix and multi-helix piles in cohesive soils
Uplift capacity of single-helix and multi-helix piles in cohesionless soils
Estimating pile capacity by cone penetrometer
Empirical method of design (torque-capacity relationship)
Factor of safety of helical screw piles and life expectancy
Group efficiency
Effect of pile geometrical configurations on performance and capacity
Worked examples
Bearing and Uplift Capacities Rigid and flexible pile analysis Group efficiency
Effect of helical plates
Down Drag Force
Pile Load Testing
Static axial and lateral testing
Cyclic axial and lateral testing
Vertical vibration testing
Loading procedures
Interpretation of results
Future Developments
Innovations in helical pile industry
After Attending This Course You Will Be Able To
Learn the principles, theories, and applications of helical piles
Recognize the failure mechanisms of helical piles
Achieve confidence in design of helical piles under the different loading modes
Develop an adequate background on the dynamic testing of helical piles
Develop adequate knowledge of helical pile static testing techniques and dynamic testing techniques
Awareness of most recent advances in the helical pile industry
(*) Dr. Yasser Abdelghany, is currently a geotechnical engineer at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, prior to his current position, he is the Construction Standards and Contracts Engineer at the Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure (Government of British Columbia in Canada) Since 2009 and a Visiting Professor at University of Victoria (UVIC) New Civil Engineering Department (Geotechnical Engineering) in which he teaches undergraduate Geotechnical and Foundations Design Courses since 2014 – today, and at Western Ontario University (UWO) Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in which he taught post graduate courses since 2013. He is a Professional Engineer in British Columbia, Ontario; and a member of the Transportation Research Board TRB - AFS30 Foundations for Bridges and other structures committee (Term 2011-2014 and 2014-2017).