Title
Geotechnical aspects of the Blue Piling Installation Technique: Design of a measurement plan and elaboration of results for prototype hammer on life size piles in Maasvlakte 2
Author
Stokman, Charlotte (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences)
Contributor
Mai Van, C. (graduation committee)
Gavin, Kenneth (mentor) 
van Wijk, Jort (graduation committee)
Degree granting institution
Delft University of Technology
Corporate name
Delft University of Technology
Programme
Civil Engineering
Project
BLUE Piling project
Date
2023-05-30
Abstract
The energy market is growing and noise regulations for offshore foundation pile installation grow stricter. New initiatives arise to comply with the ongoing developments in the field, such as the BLUE Piling Technology under development by IQIP. Its features are presented as reduced underwater noise levels during installation, which is attibuted to the lower pile wall vibrations caused during driving. In this thesis, the design and execution of a field test is described, identifying the most important differences in geotechnical aspects between a prototype Blue Piling hammer and a conventional impact hammer, the IQIP Hydrohammer S-30. The results show that the Blue Piling hammer creates a response between pile and soil that is very different from a conventional impact hammer. The fundamentally different soil response led to pile plugging during the field test, affecting the stresses around the pile tip. This phenomenon is unlikely to occur during monopile installation, but scaling the test results requires further research.
Subject
BLUE Piling Technology
Impact driving
Field test
Quasi-static
Dynamic
Maasvlakte 2
Strain gauge
Accelerometer
Total radial pressure
Pore pressure
Pipe pile
Open-ended tubular piles
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Embargo date
2025-05-25
Coordinates
51.924896, 3.986073
Part of collection
Student theses
Document type
master thesis
Rights
© 2023 Charlotte Stokman