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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT OF WET PROCESS BORED

PILES IN THAILAND
(Narong Thasnanipan)
E-mail : narong@seafco.co.th
(Kamol Singtokaw)
E-mail : kamolsing@seafco.co.th
(Chanchai Submaneewong)
E-mail : seafco@seafco.co.th

: (Wet Process Large Diameter Bored Piles)

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ABSTRACT : Wet process large diameter bored piles have been introduced to use as the foundation piles in Bangkok subsoil for
approximately 30 years ago. At the early stage of using this pile type, the design engineers and the piling contractors were new to this
piling system. So the design engineers have designed the safe working load based on the conservative limit and the contractors also
had not much experience to install the high load capacity piles. But at present the design engineers and the piling contractors all have
better experience in the design and installation technology of bored piles than the past and also there are many research about the
behavior of wet process bored piles. As a result the wet process bored piles are nowadays designed and installed with the capacity far
higher than those of the past. This paper presents the design and construction development of wet process bored pile in Thailand
since the past to present.
KEYWORDS: BORED PILE, FRICTION FACTOR, BEARING CAPACITY

1.

-
-
-
-
-
-

2.
.. 2514 -2525


(Rotary drilling under bentonite slurry)
(Reverse circulation method: RC)
(Auger and Bucket method: A&B)


45 .. 2514
45 . 2520
49 .. 2525

(Auger and bucket)

( )
33
32 2522 2523

1
[5]
. .
.
() ()
(.)

RC 1.50x45.
410
820
5.00

RC 1.50x45. 500
1200
7.76

RC 1.50x49. 550
1100
8.15

A&B 1.00x33. 320

750*
24.6

A&B 1.50x32. 800

1600
100.8

1.00x32. 300
1125*
118.3

* Ultimate load of the pile

3.
.. 2526 2540


50

.. 2526

45 75

Ng
Kim Cheng [5] [2] Pimpasugdi [6]

Friction Factor ( & -Value) Bearing Factor
(Nc & Nq)

2

Auger and Bucket

Barrette
Barrette 5,290
61.24
1 2

2
. 2526-2540

(.)

()
(.)
800 . 300
3-4
750
10 - 12
1000 . 450
3-4
11250
12 - 18
1200 . 600
3-5
1500
16 - 20
1500 . 950
3-6
2250
18 - 25

1 Barrette 6,000

(Barrette)
.. 2528
International Trade Center
Barrette

2 Static Load Test Barrette

BECM Tower

L O AD (T o n s )
0

2000

4000

6000

0 .0

SET T LEM ENT (mm)

2 0 .0

4 0 .0

6 0 .0

B a r r e tte (1 .5 x 3 .0 m )
B o r e d P ile (d ia . 1 .5 0 m )
8 0 .0

.. 2528


9 2.00 .
35 .[4] [1]
Friction factor (-Value) Mobilized
Nq-Value 3 4

0.60

Bored Pile using Bentonite

Base Grouted Pile

0.40
0.20

Bored Pile using Polymer

Polymer

0.4

0.2

Bentonite

Normal Pile

0.00

0.0
30.0

28.0

30.0
32.0
34.0
36.0
Effective Angle of Internal Friction ( ', degree)

6.0
5.0

Base Grouted Bored Pile

4.0

Base Grouted Pile (Tip in Sand)

Normal Pile (Tip in Sand)
Barrette Pile

2.0
1.0

32.0

30.0

32.0
34.0
36.0
38.0
Effective Angle of Internal Friction (', degree)

34.0

35.0

36.0

Angle of Internal Friction, '

1.80 . 60.0 1600
300 %
4800 ( 6)

Base Grouted Barrette Pile

0.0

33.0

5 Friction Coefficient of Bangkok Sand () [7]

Normal Bored Pile

3.0

31.0

38.0

3 -value [1]

Mobilized Nq

0.6

Base Grouted Pile (Tip in Sand)

Normal Pile (Tip in Sand)
Normal Pile (Tip in Clay)

= (Ks.tan )

Friction Factor , KStan

0.80

Load (tons)
40.0

. 2541

[7]
5

Littlechild [3]
Thasnanipan [8]

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

0
Settlement (mm.)

4 Mobilized Nq-value [1]

4.

1000

20
40
60
80

6 1.80
60.0 .

7 3

Load (KN)
0

10000

20000

30000

40000

Pile Head Movement (mm)

0
10
20
30
Dia. 1.5m x 60.0m (Bentonite)

40
50

Dia. 1.5m x 63.7m (Bentonite)

Dia. 1.5m x 55m (Polymer)
Dia. 1.5m x 54m (Polymer)

60

()
0.80 X 49
0.80 X 50
1.20 X 51
1.80 X 62
1.50 X 54
1.00 X 51
1.00 X 30
0.80 X 41
0.80 X 43
0.60 X 26
0.60 X24

()
330
330
720
1100
1200
450
260
330
330
100
80

(.) (.)
()
990
3.90
14.95
990
5.20
21.05
1800
4.61
19.76
3300
4.00
12.96
3200
8.60
23.03
1125
2.49
9.15
650
1.67
5.38
990
2.75
11.60
660
4.52
11.20
250
1.61
4.55
200
1.09
4.22

Load (tons)
0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

0
10
20
30
40
50

8 1.35
56.0 .

5.

Load (tons)
0

Settlement (mm.)

5.1

0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.50 1.80

2.00 .


2

58.0 . 1.50 .
1100 1.80 . 1400
1250
1.80 .

1.35 1.65 .

8 9
1.35 .
56.0 1.65 .
58.0 .

Settlement (mm)

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

0
5
10
15
20
25
30

9 1.65
58.0 .

5.2

(Stress Bulb)

( 10)

30 50 -100%

20 30 %

[1] ,
,
, 2542.
[2] ,
,
, 2531.
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on the Behavior of Plain Bored Cast In Situ Piles Constructed under
Bentonite Slurry. 7th Intl. Conf. and Exhibition on Piling and Deep
Foundation. Vienna Pp. 1.6.1-1.6.8 ,1998.
[4] Morison, I.M. Bored piled foundation for Chao Phya river crossing at
Wat Sai, Bangkok. 9th South East Asian Geotechnical Society
Conference, Bangkok. 6-207 to 6-218, 1987.
[5] Ng, K.C., The Construction Problems and Performance of Large

Bored Piles in Second Sand Layer. Masters Thesis, GT-82-26 Asian

Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1983.
[6] Pimpasugdi, S., Performance of Bored, Driven and Auger Press Piles
in Bangkok Subsoil. Masters Thesis, GT-88-12, AIT, Bangkok, 1989
[7] Teparaksa, W. and Boonyarak, T., Performance and Behavior of
Polymer Slurry in Wet Process Bored Pile in Bangkok Subsoils. 14th
KKNN Seminar on Civil Engineering Kyoto, Japan, 2001.
[8] Thasnanipan, N., Baskaran, G. and Anwar, M.A. Effect of

.
10 1.50 55.0 .

Construction Time and Bentonite Viscosity on Shaft Capacity of

Bored Piles. 3rd Intl. Seminar Deep Foundation on Bored and Auger
Piles., Ghent, Belgium. Pp 171-177. 1998.