Offshore platform piles: minimum wall thickness based on API codes provisions
luglio 25, 2010 Lascia un commento
Wall thickness of piles used under offshore platform should be designed to prevent local buckling. For piles that are to be installed by driving where sustained hard driving (820 blows per foot with the largest size hammer to be used) is anticipated, the minimum piling wall thickness used should not be less than:
where t is the wall thickness and D is the diameter.
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Minimum wall thickness for normally used pile sizes should be as listed: Leggi il resto dell’articolo
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