HUSH PLEASE - DROPHAMMER RIG DRIVING SHEET PILES
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE HUSH PILING RIG, A DROP HAMMER RIG THAT WILL DRIVE SHEET PILES IN ANY TYPE OF GROUND TO NOISE LIMITS WITHIN THOSE RECOMMENDED IN THE WILSON REPORT ON NOISE. THE RIG CONSISTS OF A DROP HAMMER OPERATED FORM A STANDARD CRANE GUIDED WITHIN A VERTICL RECTANGULAR BOX MOUNTED ON RAILS. THE BOX COMPRISES A FRAME WHICH ALIGNS BOTH HAMMER AND PILE PRECISELY IN THE SAME PLATE AND WHICH IS ENCLOSED BY A SPECIAL SOUND-MUFFLING CLADDING. /TRRL/
- Publication Date: 1971-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: p. 141-2
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Serial:
- Contract Journal /UK/
- Volume: 244
- Issue Number: 4810
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Noise control; Pile hammers; Sheet piling
- Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00215087
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 18 1972 12:00AM