International Conference on Vibratory Pile Driving and Deep Soil Compaction TRANS IB 2002 Final Bulletin Université catholique de Louvain Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium September 9-10, 2002
Welcome To Louvain-la-Neuve The International Conference on Vibratory Pile Driving and Deep Soil Compaction Transvib2002 will be held in the new city Louvain-la-Neuve situated at 25 km south-east of Brussels. In the heart of Brabant Wallon, Louvain-la-Neuve is the youngest city of Belgium. The old Universitas Lovaniensis, created in 1425, has been split twenty seven years ago along the belgian linguistic line in two : the Dutch speaking Katholiek Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven) located in the old city of Leuven and the French speaking Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) located in a newly created city of Louvain-la-Neuve. The Université catholique de Louvain is a fully comprehensive university educating half of Belgium s French-speaking university student (more than 20 000) in 10 faculties.
Invitation The vibratory driving technique to install piles and sheet piles dates back to the early 1930 s. Although technological developments and research have been brought to enhance the initial concept and extend commercial application of vibrators, too little remains mastered by the engineer when it comes to addressing soil related issues. Both organising and scientific committees are pleased to extend an invitation to those wishing to take part in the TransVib2002 Conference with a view to enhance engineering knowledge in vibratory pile driving and deep soil compaction. Themes of the Conference Engineering issues related to the vibratory driving and deep soil compaction to be addressed by the TransVib 2002 Conference will cover : - Piles and sheet piles vibratory driving, including the performance of vibrators and vibro-drivability analysis, - Bearing capacity of vibratory driven piles, including short and long-term aspects, and the need to enhan ce capacity by impact driving, - Soil behaviour under large cyclic loading conditions, including fundamental and practical aspects related to volume change and degradation of shear strength, - Deep soil vibratory compaction and improvement, including densification and soil set-up, - Environmental aspects of vibratory operations, including near-field propagation of vibratory waves in the ground and to neighbouring structures.
Organising Committee A. Holeyman Chairman Université catholique de Louvain J.-F. Vanden Berghe Secretary THALES GeoSolutions Belgium N. Charue Treasurer Université catholique de Louvain S. Borel LCPC, France G. Degrande Katholieke Universiteit Leuven W. Haegeman Universiteit Gent C. Huybrechts Belgian Building Research Institute C. Legrand Belgian Building Research Institute A. Schmitt PROFILARBED, Luxemburg G. Simon Walloon Ministry of Transportation J.-C. Verbrugge Université Libre de Bruxelles K. Viking KTH, Sweden Paper Reviewing Committee G. Degrande Katholieke Universiteit Leuven W. Haegeman Universiteit Gent K. Viking KTH, Sweden S. Borel LCPC, France
Scientific Committee H. Gonin France A. Holeyman Belgium K. Ishihara Japon F. Rausche U.S.A. M. Randolph Australia W. Van Impe Belgium Conference fee The fee for the Conference are : - 450 : Delegate - 200 : Young delegate (less than 30 years old) - 1800 : Exhibitor (includes conference registrati on for 2 persons) The fee includes attendance to the sessions, a copy of the Proceedings of the Conference, the coffee breaks, the lunches and the banquet. All cancellation must be made in writing to the Conference Secretary before August 30, 2002. Administration fee of 100 will be retained. No refunds of fee will be made after this deadline.
Detailed Program (I) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002, AM 8:00 9:00 REGISTRATION 9:00 9:30 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE SESSION 1: Vibratory Driving: Theory Chairman: R. Massarsch 9:30 10:10 KEYNOTE LECTURE Soil behaviour under vibratory driving A. Holeyman 10:10 10h40 COFFEE BREAK (sponsored by GRL engineers) 10:40 11:40 PAPERS A mechanical model for the investigation of the vibro-drivability of pi les in cohesionless soils R. Cudmani Vibratory pile driving analysis: a simplified model J-G. Sieffert Application of a hypoplastic constitutive law into a vibratory pile driving model J-F. Vanden Berghe Simple model for prediction of vibratory driving and experimental data analysis D. Vié 11:40 12:00 DISCUSSION 12:00 13:30 LUNCH (sponsored by PROFILARBED)
Detailed Program (II) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002, PM SESSION 2: Vibratory Driving: Practice Chairman: A. Schmitt 13:30 14h10 KEYNOTE LECTURE Modeling of vibratory pile driving F. Rausche 14:10 15:10 PAPERS Drivability prediction of vibrated steel piles N. Huybrechts Vibrodrivability and induced ground vibrations of vibratory installed sheet piles K. Viking Development of a vibro-penetration test (VPT) for in situ investigation of cohesionless soils R. Cudmani Foundation of wind power station on mining dump applying deep soil compaction El-Mossallamy 15:10 15:30 DISCUSSION 15:30 16:00 COFFEE BREAK (sponsored by APE)
Monday, September 09, 2002 8:00 9:00 9:00 9:30 9:30 10:10 10:10 10:40 10:40 11:40 11:40 12:00 12:00 13:30 13:30 14:10 14:10 15:10 15:10 15:30 15:30 16:00 16:00 17:30 17:30 18:45 19:30 23:30 Registration Opening of the Transvib2002 Conference Keynote Lecture Coffee Break + Technical Exhibit Session 1 : Vibratory Driving : Theory 4 Papers Discussion Lunch Keynote Lecture Session 2 : Vibratory Driving : Practice 4 Papers Discussion Coffee Break + Technical Exhibit Session 3 : Vibratory Driving : Equipment and Services 8 Presentations Shuttle to Hotel Mercure Relais Departure For Brussels Banquet in Brussels (Metropole Hotel) Return to the Hotels
Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:30 10:00 10:00 10:30 10:30 12:00 12:00 13:30 13:30 14:10 14:10 15:25 15:25 15:50 15:50 16:20 16:20 17:00 17:00 Session 4 : Vibratory Prediction Event : a - Prediction Event Result and Comparison 3 Papers Coffee Break + Technical Exhibit Session 4 : Vibratory Prediction Event : b Presentation of the Predictions and Discussion 6 Predictions Lunch Keynote Lecture Session 5 : Deep Soil Vibratory Compaction and Improvement and Environmental Aspects of Vibratory Operations 5 Papers Discussion Coffee Break + Technical Exhibit Special Lecture Closure Ceremony
Detailed Program (III) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002, PM & Evening SESSION 3: Vibratory Driving: Equipment and Services Chairman: A. Holeyman 16:00-17:30 EXHIBITORS AND SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS APE Dieseko s PVE ICE IHC Profound PTC PROFILARBED GRL engineers 17:30 SHUTTLE TO HOTEL MERCURE 18:45 DEPARTURE FOR BRUSSELS 19:30 BANQUET IN BRUSSELS (sponsored by PROFILARBED) 23:00 RETURN TO THE HOTELS
Detailed Program (IV) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2002, AM SESSION 4: Vibratory Prediction Event Chairman: W. Haegeman 8:30 10:00 PREDICTION EVENT RESULT AND COMPARISON Introduction to the Irex research project H. Gonin Full-scale behaviour of vibratory driven piles in Montoir S. Borel International prediction event of vibratory pile driving J.F. Vanden Berghe 10:00 10:30 COFFEE BREAK (sponsored by GRL engineers) 10:30 12:00 PRESENTATION OF THE PREDICTIONS AND DISCUSSION R. Cudmani A. Holeyman G. Jonker P. Middendorp J-G Sieffert R. Van Foeken 12:00-13:30 LUNCH (sponsored by PROFILARBED)
Detailed Program (V) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2002, PM SESSION 5: Deep Soil Vibratory Compaction and Improvement and Environmental Aspects of Vibratory Operations Chairman: R. Cudmani 13:30 14:10 KEYNOTE LECTURE Effect of vibratory compaction R. Massarsch 14:10 15:25 PAPERS On- and offshore vibro compaction for an oil pipeline in Singapore J. Wehr Construction process induced vibrations on underground structures G. Madabhushi Settlement due to sheetpile extraction,results of experimental research P.Meijers A case study on safe sheet pile driving with vibration monitoring W. Haegeman Vegetable Hydroulic oil ten years of success J. White 15:25 15:50 DISCUSSION 15:50 16:20 COFFEE BREAK 16:20 17:00 SPECIAL LECTURE The comparative bearing capacity of impact and vibratory driven piles : French experience and design method M. Bustamante 17:00 CLOSURE CEREMONY
Prediction Event A class A prediction event was organised within the framework of the conference in collaboration with the IREX project Projet National Vibrofonçage (French national research project on drivability and bearing capacity of vibratory driven piles). 10 predictors projected in July 2001 the behaviour of two steel piles and soil vibration levels during the vibratory driving. The two instrumented piles were vibrodriven on the site of Montoir near Nantes, France in August 2001. One pile was then test loaded to failure. The tests results and the comparison with the predictions will be presented and discussed during the conference. After a general presentation, an opportunity will be given to the predictors to present and explain their prediction.
Technical Exhibition A technical exhibition will be held on the premises adjacent to the Conference room (as shown on the sketch below). Both indoor booths and outdoor space will be available to allow for the presentation of equipment, products and services related to the themes of the conference The Conference room will be conveniently located beside the planned indoor technical exhibition containing the indoor booths and the coffee bar.
Exact Sciences Library (Louvain-la-Neuve) Correspondence For any queries about the Conference programme, correspondence should be directed to : Transvib 2002 Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Université catholique de Louvain Place du levant, 1 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Tel : int+ 32 10 472112 Fax: int+ 32 10 472179 e-mail: transvib2002@gce.ucl.ac.be http://www.gce.ucl.ac.be/transvib2002/transvib2002.html http://www.gce.ucl.ac.be
Our Sponsors and Exhibitors : PROFILARBED : www.ispc.lu ICE : GRL engineers, inc : www.ihcfe.com www.web.pile.com IHC : www.ihcfe.com APE : Profound : www.apevibro.com Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique : PTC : www.profound.nl www.fnrs.be www.ptc.fr PVE : www.dieseko.com