Julius,
For an offshore application you probably should being using the recommendations from a properly written site specific geotechnical reports which should provide you with all the parameters for your pile design including vertical/horizontal capacities, minimum spacing, moment vs shear diagrams, group effects for downdrag, etc.
Thomas Hunt, S.E.
Fluor
| "Micayas, Julius" <jmicayas@riverconsulting.com> 09/12/2007 12:18 PM Please respond to seaint |
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Gents:
I am using 36" diameter hollow steel piles for my off-shore application; my pile cap requires
A total of 18 piles (i.e. 6 each row) going with the rule of thumb 3 x pile diameter, I ended up 9' center
which will give me a wider width.
Is there a code that specifies the min. spacing of piles?
Thanks,
Engr. Julius Micayas
P.E. license no.32969
Senior Lead Structural Engineer
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