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Commercial Helical Piles

Helical piles are a factory-manufactured steel foundation system consisting of a central shaft with one or more helix-shaped bearing plates, commonly referred to as blades or flights, welded to the lead section. Extension shafts, with or without additional helix blades, are used to extend the pile to competent load-bearing soils and to achieve design depth and capacity. Brackets are used at the tops of the piles for attachment to structures, either for new construction or retrofit applications. Helical piles are advanced (screwed) into the ground with the application of torque.

The terms helical piles, screw piles, helical piers, helical anchors, helix piers, and helix anchors are often used interchangeably by specifiers. However, the term 'pier' more often refers to a helical pile loaded in axial compression, while the term 'anchor' more often refers to a helical pile loaded in axial tension.

Design Considerations

Helical piles are designed such that most of the axial capacity of the pile is generated through bearing of the helix blades against the soil. The helix blades are typically spaced three diameters apart along the pile shaft to prevent one blade from contributing significant stress to the bearing soil of the adjacent blade. Significant stress influence is limited to a 'bulb' of soil within about two helix diameters from the bearing surface in the axial direction and one helix diameter from the center of the pile shaft in the lateral direction. Each helix blade therefore acts independently in bearing along the pile shaft.

Multiple piles shall have a center to center spacing at the helix depth of at least four (4) times the diameter of the largest helix blade (ICC-ES AC358). The tops of the piles may be closer at the ground surface but installed at a batter away from each other in order to meet the spacing criteria at the helix depth. For tension applications, the uppermost helix blade shall be installed to a depth of at least twelve (12) diameters below the ground surface (ICC-ES AC358).

Foundation Supportworks™ Model 287 Helical Pile System

Technical Specifications

Outside Diameter (O.D.) = 2.875"
Wall Thickness = 0.203"
Pile Shaft Yield Strength = 60 ksi (min.)
Coupling Hardware: (2) 3/4" Grade 8 Bolts with Nuts
Available Helix Blade Diameters = 8", 10", 12", and 14"
Helix Blade Thickness = 0.375"
New Construction Bracket: 3/4" x 6" Square A36 Plate (for allowable compression capacities up to 60.0 kips)
New Construction Bracket Hardware: (2) 3/4" Grade 8 Bolts with Nut

Bracket Specifications

Bracket: Weldment manufactured from 0.25", 0.375", and 0.50"-thick steel plate.
Yield strength = 36 ksi (min.), tensile strength = 58 ksi (min.).
External Sleeve: 3.50" OD x 0.216" wall x 30" long with sleeve collar welded to one end.
Yield strength = 50 ksi (min.), tensile strength = 62 ksi (min.).
Bracket Cap: 5.0" wide x 9.0" long x 1" thick plate with confining ring welded to one side.
Yield strength = 50 ksi (min.), tensile strength = 65 ksi (min.).
All-Thread Rod: 0.75" diameter x 16" long, zinc plated. Grade B7, tensile strength = 125 ksi (min.).

Foundation Supportworks™ Model 288 Helical Pile System

Technical Specifications

Outside Diameter (O.D.) = 2.875"
Wall Thickness = 0.276"
Pile Shaft Yield Strength = 60 ksi (min.)
Coupling Hardware: (2) 3/4" Grade 8 Bolts with Nuts
Available Helix Blade Diameters = 8", 10", 12", and 14"
Helix Blade Thickness = 0.375"
New Construction Bracket: 3/4" x 6" Square A36 Plate (for allowable compression capacities up to 60.0 kips)
New Construction Bracket Hardware: (2) 3/4" Grade 8 Bolts with Nut

Bracket Specifications

Bracket: Weldment manufactured from 0.25", 0.375", and 0.50"-thick steel plate.
Yield strength = 36 ksi (min.), tensile strength = 58 ksi (min.).
External Sleeve: 3.50" OD x 0.216" wall x 30" long with sleeve collar welded to one end.
Yield strength = 50 ksi (min.), tensile strength = 62 ksi (min.).
Bracket Cap: 5.0" wide x 9.0" long x 1" thick plate with confining ring welded to one side.
Yield strength = 50 ksi (min.), tensile strength = 65 ksi (min.).
All-Thread Rod: 0.75" diameter x 16" long, zinc plated. Grade B7, tensile strength = 125 ksi (min.).

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Foundation Supportworks™ Model 350 Helical Pile System

Technical Specifications

Outside Diameter (O.D.) = 3.5"
Wall Thickness = 0.313"
Pile Shaft Yield Strength = 60 ksi (min.)
Coupling Hardware: (4) 1" Grade 8 Bolts with Nuts
Available Helix Blade Diameters = 8", 10", 12", and 14"
Helix Blade Thickness = 0.375"
New Construction Bracket: 3/4" x 6" Square A36 Plate (for allowable compression capacities up to 60.0 kips)

Bracket Specifications

Bracket: Weldment manufactured from 0.25", 0.375", and 0.50"-thick steel plate.
Yield strength = 36 ksi (min.), tensile strength = 58 ksi (min.).
External Sleeve: 3.50" OD x 0.216" wall x 30" long with sleeve collar welded to one end.
Yield strength = 50 ksi (min.), tensile strength = 62 ksi (min.).
Bracket Cap: 5.0" wide x 9.0" long x 1" thick plate with confining ring welded to one side.
Yield strength = 50 ksi (min.), tensile strength = 65 ksi (min.).
All-Thread Rod: 0.75" diameter x 16" long, zinc plated. Grade B7, tensile strength = 125 ksi (min.).

Determination of Capacity

The ultimate capacity of a helical pile may be calculated using the traditional bearing capacity equation:

Q_u = ∑ [A_h (cN_c + qN_q)]

Where:

Q_u	=	Ultimate Pile Capacity (lb)
A_h	=	Area of Individual Helix Plate (ft²)
c	=	Effective Soil Cohesion (lb/ft²)
N_c	=	Dimensionless Bearing Capacity Factor = 9
q	=	Effective Vertical Overburden Pressure (lb/ft²)
N_q	=	Dimensionless Bearing Capacity Factor

Total stress parameters should be used for short-term and transient load applications and effective stress parameters should be used for longterm, permanent load applications. A factor of safety of 2 is typically used to determine the allowable soil bearing capacity, especially if torque is monitored during the helical pile installation.

Like other deep foundation alternatives, there are many factors to be considered in designing a helical pile foundation. Foundation Supportworks recommends that helical pile design be completed by an experienced geotechnical engineer or other qualified professional.

Another well-documented and accepted method for estimating helical pile capacity is by correlation to installation torque. In simple terms, the torsional resistance generated during helical pile installation is a measure of soil shear strength and can be related to the bearing capacity of the pile.

Q_u = KT

Where:

Q_u	=	Ultimate Pile Capacity (lb)
K	=	Capacity to Torque Ratio (ft^-1)
T	=	Installation Torque (ft-lb)

The capacity to torque ratio is not a constant and varies with soil conditions and the size of the pile shaft. Load testing using the proposed helical pile and helix blade configuration is the best way to determine projectspecific K-values. However, ICC-ES AC358 provides default K-values for varying pile shaft diameters, which may be used conservatively for most soil conditions. The default value for the Model 288 Helical Pile System (2 7/8-inch diameter) is K = 9 ft-1.

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