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This part of vulcanhammer.net is where the site got its start. In 1997, The Wave Equation Page for Piling was started to propagate (a good wave-related term) knowledge and understanding concerning the wave equation as applied to driven piles, knowedge that also extends to drilled shafts and other cast-in-situ piles when verification methods are employed. Most treatments of the wave equation as applied to piles concern a computer program, most commonly GRLWEAP. But the topic in general predates this prgram. The use of wave theory to predict pile drivability and driving stresses was first proposed in 1931. It quickly became evident that a numerical method would be necessary to solve the problem in piling in a meanigful way. It was not until the early 1960's that real progress began in applying the theory to practice. Today the wave equation is applied both to the capacity and drivability prediction of impact-driven piles and to the in situ monitoring of piles during installation. However, many engineers, equipment manufacturers, owners and in some cases the practitioners themselves are unaware of some of the complexities related to the application of stress wave theory to piles. This page will hopefully advance the dissemination of this knowledge and perhaps the application itself. One thing the Wave Equation Page has done is to feature "non-WEAP" solutions to the problem. The WEAP lineage of programs (and more recently the TNO programs) have offered the deep foundations industry the following advantages:
But we feel that the serious study of the topic requires access to other types of solutions for the following reasons:
We trust this this page is useful to you. |
Features of the Wave Equation Page for Piling are as follows:
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