ESTIMATION OF SET BY HILEY'S FORMULA

PROJECT: PILING WORK AT PPR PERLIS

SET CALCULATION FOR: 300MM DIAMETER SPUN PILE

HAMMER TYPE: 7.5 TONE HYDRAULIC HAMMER

HILEY'S FORMULA
S = ( ef*H*W )/Pu * ( W+Wp*n^2 )/(W+Wp) - C/2

PILE DATA UNIT

Pile Type Spun pile Spun pile
Pile Size mm 300 300
Unit weight of pile KN/m 1.88 1.88
Pile penetraition, L m 3.00 6.00
Pile weight KN 5.64 11.28
Working Load KN 650.00 650.00
Safety factors,Sf 2.00 2.00
Ultimate driving resistantance, Pu KN 1,300.00 1,300.00

HAMMER DATA: HYDRAULIC HAMMER, CAPACITY: 7.5 TONNES WEIGHT

Hammer type
Weight Of Ram, W KN 75.00 75.00
Height Of Ram Fall, H mm 165.00 185.00
Weight Of Dolly & helmet KN 4.10 4.10
Weight Of Pile, dolly & helmet, Wp KN 9.74 15.38

ASSUMPTION DATA:
Total Temporary compression, C 12.00 12.00
Hammer coefficient,ef 0.95 0.95
Coefficient of restitution,n 0.25 0.25

SET (S) PER BLOW mm 2.07 2.52

SET (S) PER 10 BLOWS mm 20.69 25.22
PROPOSED SET (S) PER 10 BLOWS mm 25.00 25.00

THEREFORE, TAKE SET = 25MM PER LAST 10 BLOWS AT 7.5 TONNE HYDRAULIC HAMMER DROP = 185MM

NOTE : THE ABOVE SETS ARE TO BE CONFIRMED BY LOAD TEST