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Pier cap
Pier
Launching girder
Span
Portal frame
Pier cap
Pier
Pile cap
Open
foundation
Pile
Soil
Soil
Pile cap
Pile
Soil
Open foundation
Soil
M35
Pile cap
M35
Pier
M60
Pier cap
M60
Pedestal
M60
Segment
M50
Parapet wall
M40
Piling
Piling procedure
Reinforcement
cage
Bore hole
Bentonite +
Mud slurry
Concrete
Methods of Piling
Pile cap
Pile cap connects all the piles and makes all the piles to
act together monolithically
Pier
Fig 19 : Pier
Pier cap
Segments
Types of segments
Pier segment
Blister segment
Intermediate segment
Pier segment
Pier segment
Blister segment
Blister segment
Intermediate
segment
Intermediate
segment
Flange
Web
For a beam (simply supported), which is loaded with uniformly distributed load, shear
force is maximum at end supports. At a particular section, maximum shear force is taken
by web.
Pier segment being at the end of the span, experiences maximum shear force, so its web
must be strengthened to withstand this maximum shear force. So the dimension
(thickness) of its web is increased.
Blister segment acts as a bridge between pier segment and intermediate segment. In
blister segment, web dimensions at one end is same as pier segment and its web
dimensions are gradually reduced to the web dimensions of intermediate segment.
Intermediate segment being in the central region of the span, experiences less shear force
compared to pier segment and so the web dimensions (thickness) are less than those of
pier segment
Fig 30 & 31: Male & Female shear keys (Shear lock)
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