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New System for Dynamic Pile Testing

The use of dynamic pile testing for the determination of axial pile capacity is generally accepted and extensively used world-wide. Existing equipment is complex and its use requires considerable training. Now, a new system, known as “Pile Check,” has been developed. It takes advantage of the tremendous advances of digital computer capability in the last 40 years since dynamic testing was developed. Pile Check will obtain and display an automated signal matching capacity prediction in real time for every hammer blow. It offers the following additional capabilities: (1) simple operation of the equipment that can be learned from the documentation or with only very brief training; (2) determination and display of the maximum compression stress and its location along the pile; (3) a warning is given if the pile compression strength is nearly reached, a useful tool when driving to rock. The same capability is available for use with tension stresses in concrete piles; (4) a display of selected results in tabular form that can be transmitted to the engineer at the end of driving if not on-site.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AFS30 Foundations of Bridges and Other Structures
  • Corporate Authors:

    Transportation Research Board

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  • Authors:
    • Goble, George Gordon
    • Sanclaria, John
    • Stauffer, Eric
  • Conference:
  • Date: 2012

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 9p
  • Monograph Title: TRB 91st Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01373222
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: 12-0734
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: Jun 21 2012 2:05PM