Experimental evaluation and design of unfilled and concrete-filled FRP composite piles, task 2 - FRP composite pile driving at the Richmond-Dresden bridge over the Kennebec River.

Details

• Creators:
  Lawrence, Dale ; Lopez-Anido, Roberto ; Sandford, Thomas ; Goslin, Keenan ; Rofes, Xenia
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Maine. Advanced Structures and Composites Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridges
  • Piles (Supports)
  • Fiber reinforced polymers
  • Concrete
  • Pile driving
  • Analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  ME 15-07
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Maine
• Corporate Publisher:
  Maine. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The overall goal of this project is the experimental evaluation and design of unfilled and concrete-filled FRP ; composite piles for load-bearing in bridges. This report covers Task 2, FRP Composite Pile Driving at the ; Richmond-Dresden Bridge over the Kennebec River. ; Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) piles manufactured by Harbor Technologies LLC were driven at the ; Richmond-Dresden bridge over the Kennebec River (PIN 12674) on August 28, 2013. All piles were 40 feet long ; with an additional 5 inch steel driving shoe and have an outside diameter of 23.5 inches. Driving was conducted ; using a Delmag D36--‐26 diesel hammer. This hammer has a rated energy of 90,560 foot-lbs., a 7930 lb. ram, and a ; variable fuel setting. The target ultimate load for the piles was 600 kips. ; This report documents the pile driving activities including pile analysis and observations. The piles were later pulled ; and shipped to the University of Maine for further laboratory testing and analysis.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  20130731*535
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29097/dot_29097_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.17 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:78113955cade587912f32f5e8a9f5e78b5436f046148960b071cfcf260896e84