A method of installing a pile in the sea bottom by means of a pile guide.

摘要

In a method of installing a pile in the sea bottom by means of a pile guide which has a frame and at least an upper and a lower pair of cooperating guide members, wherein the upper pair and the lower pair are located at a distance from each other in vertical direction, wherein each pair of guide members comprises a passive guide member and an active guide member, the passive guide member and the active guide member are moved towards the pile after placing the pile between each of the pairs of guide members. The passive guide members are moved to respective fixed initial guiding positions with respect to the frame and the active guide members are moved to the pile until the passive and the active guide members engage the pile, after which the pile is hold between the upper pair of guide members and between the lower pair of guide members during driving the pile into the sea bottom, during which the actual forces between the pile and the respective guide members are determined.