micropiles for the replacement of timber … micropiles for the replacement of timber railway...
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MICROPILES FOR THE REPLACEMENT
OF TIMBER RAILWAY BRIDGESLukasz Gawlik, Design Engineer, Keller, Sydney, [email protected]
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Introduction
Rosewood
Sadliers Crossing
Brisbane
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• Scope of Work
• Geotechnical Conditions
• Design Approach & Micropile Layout
• Geotechnical and Structural Capacity
• Drilling System and Construction Limitations
• Summary and Conclusions
Contents
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Scope of Work #1
Rosewood Railway Bridge Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge
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Scope of Work #2
Rosewood Railway Bridge Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge
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Geotechnical Conditions
Rosewood Railway Bridge
• 2No. Boreholes for 5 piers
• Consistent soil and rock conditions
• Medium to high strength sandstone
Sadliers Crossing Bridge
• 5No. Boreholes for 6 piers
• Highly variable soil and rock conditions
• Low to medium strength sandstone
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Design Approach
• Large lateral loads up to 1.2MN due to flood (water flow)
• Scour effect up to 2m with consequent potential buckling of the micropiles
• Optimized (minimized) number of high capacity micropiles under single pier
• Micropile inclination and rotation (micropile layout)
• Micropiles embedded in low to medium to high strength sandstone
• Structural capacity provided by central bar and curricular hollow section (CHS)
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Micropile Configuration
• Micropiles closely spaced
• Micropiles inclined and rotated
• Lateral loads resulting in large
compression and tension
• Three-dimensional global stability
assessed for each pier
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Geotechnical Capacity and Testing
• Geotechnical reduction factor Φg+ = 0.40 and Φg- = 0.32
• Design socket in low to medium to high strength rock
• 5No. sacrificial test micropiles over 50No. production micropiles at Rosewood
• Sacrificial micropiles tested to validate rock skin friction
• 6No. test micropiles over 56No. production micropiles at Sadliers Crossing
BridgeProduction
Micropiles
Design Compression
Load (MN)
Design Tensile
Load (MN)
Design
Rock Socket (m)
Rosewood 50 2.3 0.9 2.3 - 2.8
Sadliers Crossing 56 1.5 0.3 1.5 - 4.0
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Structural Capacity #1
• Structural capacity relied on steel only
• No grout contribution to structural capacity in compression considered
• Strain compatibility for different steel grades (central bar and circular hollow
section)
• Steel section splicing (circular hollow section)
• Compression and bending moment reduced capacity due to threaded
connections (sacrificial casing)
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Structural Capacity #2
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Drilling System
• Cased bored micropile system with
casing and PCD (Polycrystalline
Diamond) bit
• PCD bit sizes used:
Bridge MicropilesCasing OD
(mm)
PCD Bit
Diameter
(mm)
RosewoodProduction 273 240
Test 152 127
Sadliers
Crossing
Production
/ Test219 190
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Construction Limitations – Rosewood
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Construction Limitations – Sadliers Crossing
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• Complexity of foundation design and construction under live bridges
• Design and construction team’s capability of resolving site issues
• Works completion with only minimal delays despite unforeseen problems
Summary and Conclusions
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