Field Study of Pile Group Action: Appendix E: Evaluation of Instrumentation

This report is Appendix E: Evaluation of Instrumentation, of the final report for a study involving the static vertical load testing of a full scale, instrumented pile group. The test group consisted of nine pipe piles instrumented for settlement, load transfer, pore pressures, total pressures and inclination. Appendix E describes in detail problems encountered with the various pile and set of instrumentation systems, documents transducer performance, describes pile calibration, and describes the procedure used for fitting strain gage data. Sources and evaluation of errors in deformation measurements are also considered.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41948
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Date on cover: March 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Raymond International Builders, Incorporated

  2801 South Post Oak Road
  Houston, TX  United States  77027

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • White, A H
  • Peterson, N C
  • Skytta, J R
  • O'Neill, M W
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 56p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calibration; Errors; Field tests; Instrumentation; Load tests; Pile groups; Strain gages; Transducers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pipe piles
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01714921
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/RD-81/007
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9526
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 2019 12:53PM