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· THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO TYPES OF PILE FOUNDATION- DRIVEN CAST IN SITU PILE BORED PILES AUGURED PILES DRIVEN PRE CAST PILE
1) END BEARING PILES-
IN END BEARING PILES, THE BOTTOM END OF THE PILES REST ON A LAYER OF
END BEARING FRICTION CAST IRON SHOE
ESPECIALLY ON STRONG SOIL OR ROCK THE LOAD OF THE BUILDING IS PILE PILE
TRANSFERRED THROUGH THE PILE ONTO THE STRONG LAYER
2) FICTION PILES- GF
FICTION PILES WORK ON A DIFFERENT PRINCIPLE. THE PILE TRANSFERS THE
LOAD OF THE BUILDING TO THE SOIL ACROSS THE FULL HEIGHT OF THE PILE. WEAK SOIL
BY FICTION IN OTHER WORDS, THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE PILE WHICH IS
CYLINDRICAL IN SHAPE. WORKS TO TRANSFER THE FORCE TO THE SOIL.
STRONG SOIL
OR ROCK
PILE FOUNDATION
PILE CAP
STEEL H- PILE WOOD PILE PRECAST CONC. PILE STEEL PILE PIPE
LOOSE SOIL
· THESE ARE THE FIRST CAST AT THE GROUND LEVEL AND THEN HAMMERED OR 300
350
40 COVER OF
400 CONCRETE TO
DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND USING A PILE DRIVER. THIS IS A MACHINE THAT HOLDS 450 600
65X 40M
MAIN
REINFORCEMENT
PILE PERFECTLY VERTICALLY, AND THEN HAMMERS IT INTO THE GROUND BLOW BY SHAPE CAST
6 HELICAL IRON SHAPE MAIN REINFORCEMENT
BLOW. 300
350 BINDING IN HEAD 210
CHILLED FROM 20 TO 40
OF PILE
· EACH BLOW IS STUCK BY LIFTING A HEAVY WEIGHT AND DROPPING IT ON THE TOP 400
450 CAST IRON PRECASTE STEEL
SHOE
OF THE PILE FORKS AWAY L6
30
60
· THE PILE IS TEMPORARILY COVERED WITH A STEEL CAP TO PREVENT IT FROM HEAD OF PILE SIDE OF PILE BODY OF PILE
DISINTEGRATING THE PILE DRIVER THUS PERFORMS TWO FUNCTIONS-
1) IT ACTS AS A PLANE AND LIFTS THE PILE INTO THE CORRECT VERTICAL POSITION
2) IT HAMMERS THE PILE DOWN INTO THE GROUND.