Ground vibrations from sheetpile driving in urban environment: measurements, analysis and effects on buildings and occupants

Athanasopoulos, George; Pelekis, Panagiotis

doi:10.1016/s0267-7261(00)00008-7

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“…The allowable vibration levels are usually given in the vibration velocity unit, Peak Particle Veloc- Figure 3. Comparison of various threshold vibration criteria for structural damage and human disturbance [6]. Figure 4.…”

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The Influence of Water-Jet Modification of Soil Conditions on Reduction of Vibrations during Sheet Pile Driving in the Subsoil

Jaroń¹,

Jastrzębska²,

Łupieżowiec³

2018

WJET

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Vibratory driving is the most efficient method of sheet pile installation. The elimination or at least reduction of harmful consequences of sheet pile vibratory driving becomes an increasingly important and often the decisive factor in the selection of the excavation protection technology. In difficult soil conditions with strength soil parameters, pressure water jetting precedes sheet pile driving. This technique changes the soil properties, destroying its existing structure near the installed sheet pile. Unfortunately, the results and achievements of contractors using this technique are very often held confidential or simply remain in the records and it is difficult to find papers on this subject. This article features a detailed description of jet-assisted sheet pile driving, including a prefabrication description for the sheet pile toe used to jet water through, water pressure and quantity data and the results with regard to reduce vibrations and noise, as well as to the increase in sheet pile vibratory driving performance.

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“…For example, following Athanasopoulos and Pelekis [6], in one case the measured particle velocity was 20 mm/s at the frequency of approx. 20 Hz (Figure 3).…”

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The Influence of Water-Jet Modification of Soil Conditions on Reduction of Vibrations during Sheet Pile Driving in the Subsoil

Jaroń¹,

Jastrzębska²,

Łupieżowiec³

2018

WJET

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“…From this point of view, the historic centres of ancient cities, like Rome, often present archaeological assets and cultural heritage sites, whose maintenance and preservation for the next generations are of primary importance. In many cases, archaeological monuments suffer from aesthetical and structural problems that can be worsened in urban environment for the presence of a variety of vibration sources, such as traffic vehicles, that can induce dangerous fatigue and resonance phenomena to the structures [6]. In such contexts, the sustainability of transport systems should be evaluated also in terms of potential impact of their long-term traffic vibrations to the structural and aesthetical health of the monuments.…”

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Urban Transport Vibrations and Cultural Heritage Sites in Rome: The Cases of the Temple of Minerva Medica and of the Catacomb of Priscilla

Roselli

Fioriti

Bellagamba

et al. 2017

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The coexistence of modern transport systems with the presence of cultural heritage sites in urban environments is a very crucial issue in sustainable city planning. In particular, in the historic centre of cities with plenty of scattered archaeological sites, such as Rome, urban traffic vibrations must be monitored to assure the conservation of ancient monuments. In fact, cultural heritage sites may suffer from traffic vibration impact in terms of aesthetical damages even in cases in which the structural health is not compromised. In such context, the present paper focuses on the impact of traffic vibrations induced on two monuments studied within the CO.B.RA. project (aiming at developing advanced technologies and methods for the conservation of cultural heritage). The so-called Temple of Minerva Medica and the Catacomb of Priscilla are exposed to different types of traffic vibration sources and are characterized by different structural conditions. Besides the ambient vibration monitoring, several non-destructive tests (NDTs) and noncontact investigations were conducted at the two sites in order to study the state of damage and the structural conditions of the two monuments. In particular, the ambient vibration monitoring gave remarkably different outcomes in these two cases and provided objective data for interesting observations on the sustainability of tramways, railways and road traffic near such diverse archaeological assets.

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“…The vibratory driving technique can be used to drive types of piles including concrete piles, steel sheet, and pipe piles and even some advanced composite materials sheet piles [9]. The past studies focused on engineering issues such as pile bearing capacity [10][11][12] and vibrations and settlements transferred to the ground and structure [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

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Field Tests to Investigate the Penetration Rate of Piles Driven by Vibratory Installation

Qin

Chen

Song

et al. 2017

Shock and Vibration

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Factors directly affecting the penetration rate of piles installed by vibratory driving technique are summarized and classified into seven aspects which are driving force, resistance, vibratory amplitude, energy consumption, speeding up at the beginning, pile plumbness keeping, and slowing down at the end, from the mechanism and engineering practice of the vibratory pile driving. In order to find out how these factors affect the penetration rate of the pile in three major actors of vibratory pile driving: (i) the pile to be driven, (ii) the selected driving system, and (iii) the imposed soil conditions, field tests on steel sheet piles driven by vibratory driving technique in different soil conditions are conducted. The penetration rates of three different sheet pile types having up to four different lengths installed using two different vibratory driving systems are documented. Piles with different lengths and types driven with or without clutch have different penetration rates. The working parameters of vibratory hammer, such as driving force and vibratory amplitude, have great influences on the penetration rate of the pile, especially at the later stages of the sinking process. Penetration rate of piles driven in different soil conditions is uniform because of the different penetration resistance including shaft friction and toe resistance.

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Ground vibrations from sheetpile driving in urban environment: measurements, analysis and effects on buildings and occupants

Cited by 136 publications

References 9 publications

The Influence of Water-Jet Modification of Soil Conditions on Reduction of Vibrations during Sheet Pile Driving in the Subsoil

The Influence of Water-Jet Modification of Soil Conditions on Reduction of Vibrations during Sheet Pile Driving in the Subsoil

Urban Transport Vibrations and Cultural Heritage Sites in Rome: The Cases of the Temple of Minerva Medica and of the Catacomb of Priscilla

Field Tests to Investigate the Penetration Rate of Piles Driven by Vibratory Installation

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