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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

What are bored cast in-situ concrete piles?

Piles are the most common type of deep foundation, that safely transfer loads from the super
structure to the subsurface strata by means of friction, end bearing or a combination of both. Piles
can be broadly classied based on the following par ameters.

1. Mechanism of load transfer Friction, End bearing, or a combination of both.

2. Method of installation of piles Driv en (displacement) piles or bor ed (replacement) piles.

3. Type of material used for piling C oncrete, steel, timber, sand or composite piles.

Among these, concrete piles can be classied further as pre-cast and cast in situ concrete piles.
Though there are a variety of piling options, the most common type of piles used for majority of
construction works in India ar e bored cast in situ concrete piles.

Bored cast in situ concrete piles.

The word in situ is a Latin word which literally means in position. Cast in situ concrete piles are
those which are cast at site. Design and construction of bored cast in situ piles are done in
accordance with IS 2911 (part-1/Sec-2) 2010. These types of piles are very common in India.
Some of the main advantages of this type of pile include the r elatively less expense for installation,
causing fewer disturbances to the neighborhood and adaptability for casting piles of diameter up
to 5m. However, the disadvantage is their practical difculty in installation, when the diameter of
the pile is 400mm or less.

The work is basically making a borehole of designed diameter at the designated locations to the
required depth, after providing temporary or permanent casing and stabilizing with bentonite
slurry; and lling the borehole with concrete after placing reinforcement cage. The boreholes are
drilled using rotary or percussion type drilling rigs, using direct mud circulation (DMC) or reverse
mud circulation (RMC) methods. Drilling can also be done using rope operated or hydraulically
operated grabbing tools. Concreting is usually done using tremie pipes.

Direct mud circulation method is the less expensive method for doing the boring activity. In this
method bentonite slurry is constantly circulated into the bore hole during the boring activity
through the bailer pipes, and overow is collected and redirected to the bentonite slurry tank. The
density of bentonite slurry should be around 1.12. Bentonite has a property of becoming a jelly like
substance once left undisturbed for a long time. This jelly acts as plastering on the walls of the
bore holes, and thereby preventing the boreholes from caving.

Direct mud circulation method is commonly used while boring with bailer and chisel, and reverse
mud circulation is adopted for boring using auger. In reverse mud circulation method, the
bentonite is directed into the borehole directly, and the return is collected through the drill pipe.

Next, let us see the stages inv olved for installing a bored cast in situ pile using DMC method.

Priyasajan at 11:22 AM

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2 comments:

Mano Prabhakaran March 28, 2014 at 11:27 PM

Really nice to understand.And better you can give a video.
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mandiri rahayu sentosa March 8, 2015 at 8:17 PM

bor pile is the foundation of an efcient and effective alternative, so the more widely used
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