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H Pile Driving into Shale
I'm working on a site that has used 12 x 53 steel H piles for end bearing piles. I'd like to use these piles again (Grade 50), but I also need the pile for lateral capacity purposes. I'd like to embed the pile a minimum of 1 ft into a shale grading highly to moderately weathered, +/- 5,000 psi...- jamoca67
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- Forum: Foundation engineering
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SPT sampling and logging fill materials
I'm a newbie to the forum! I've always had some difficulty interpreting the difference between fill materials vs. native soil materials when performing and logging SPT tests. I will appreciate people's thoughts, opinions, experiences and any online references/presentations addressing this...- jamoca67
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- Forum: Soil testing engineering
