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Pile Integrity Test

Il documento descrive il metodo di testing dell'integrità delle pile tramite un tester a bassa deformazione, evidenziando l'importanza di preparare adeguatamente la testa della pila e l'uso di un accelerometro per registrare le onde di stress. Il metodo consente di identificare difetti significativi come crepe e variazioni nel diametro della pila, ma non fornisce informazioni sulla capacità portante. Viene sottolineato che il test è rapido, economico e può essere eseguito su pile accessibili, ma ha limitazioni nel rilevare difetti minori.

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Pile Integrity Test

Il documento descrive il metodo di testing dell'integrità delle pile tramite un tester a bassa deformazione, evidenziando l'importanza di preparare adeguatamente la testa della pila e l'uso di un accelerometro per registrare le onde di stress. Il metodo consente di identificare difetti significativi come crepe e variazioni nel diametro della pila, ma non fornisce informazioni sulla capacità portante. Viene sottolineato che il test è rapido, economico e può essere eseguito su pile accessibili, ma ha limitazioni nel rilevare difetti minori.

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METHOD STATEMENT FOR « PILE INTEGRITY TESTING i anon SONIC INTERGRITY TESTING OF FOUNDATION PILES “First Line Quality Control In Piling” Introduction ‘The- instrument which is using by the Arab Center For Engineering Studies for Pile integrity Testing is a Collector - Model Pile integrity Tester (PT Collector). It isa precision instrument and analysis system for pile shaft integrity testing by low-strain surface-impact methods. It is easily operated and carried by one person to test many piles efficiently, and is backed by a decade of development of Pile Integrity Testers by Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI) The PDI Tester Collector is completely different in features particularly the Program or software comparing to TNO instrument for pile integrity testing ‘The presentation of reflection caused by variations in the piles impedance is different Pile Preparation & Other Conditions +f "The pile “head must be clean, accessible, sound and free from standing water. ~~. °., Use a grinder or other tools as necessary to smooth uneven surfaces and to. remove contaminated or loose materials where accelerometer {s to be attached and where the pile is to be struck by the hammer. ~ "The concrete should in general be not less than § days old at the time of testing. - A drawing should be provided showing the pile reference numbers and locations, Description of the Method The method involves striking a pile heed with a hammer and the hammer impacts generates a stress wave in the pile which travels down the pile and reflects from the pile toe or from imegularities of secticn in the pile shaft. The waves arriving are picked up by the accelerometer pressed onto the top of the pile, The signal is passed to the input of the instrument where it is amplifies converted to digital form and processed in a digital computer. The typical value of the propagated waves in concrete is 4000m/s and. the approximate pile lengths are calculated using this velocity Page 2 Slaton Casita la ea ‘The accelerometer must be firmly affixed to the pile top in order to measure the high-frequently motion of that surface during impact and reflection. For best results, the accelerometer should be bonded with thin layer to the pile top by pliable wax as 2 bonding material or any other suitable adhesive - bonding material Interpretation It should be clearly understood that the main purpose of this test (Pile Integrity Test) is to locate piles with major defects. Minor defects could easily missed (and may not be important anyway to the overall load carrying Performance of the pile shaft as the soil resistance is usually the limiting factor in the pile capacity) Note that a defect (section reduction) along the shaft length generally has a “positive” reflection (reflection of same sign as input velocity). If it is a local defect (reduction in impedance like reduction in stiffness or reduced area), it has a positive-negative cycle. Local bulbs (section increase) have a negative-positive cycle. A record from a perfect pile shaft would have the initiat impact (positive sign) followed by a flat (zero) response until a reflection from the bottom is observed. In practice there is usually shaft friction that shifts the velocity record negative after the initial impact and reduces the Maghitiide of later reflections, For a stiff concrete pile in relatively weak soil, the toe reflection will have the same sign (positive) as the velocity input, For a pile with a fixed end (such as a rock socket), the toe reflection may be of the opposite sign (negative) as the velocity input. Slow changes are usually due to soll resistance effects and usually go negative (opposite sign of input). For More understanding, refer to the attached figures. Advantages The main advantages of the method are: - Defects such as cracks, soil inclusion, variation in pile diameter and approximate pile length can be discovered at an early stage. - Testing can be carried out on any accessible pile - The method is quick and economical compared to other methods. - The equipment is portable, can be easily oper Person to test many piles efficiently. (See attache: and cared by one photograpt - Up to approximately 250 piles can be tested on a si ots Staion Cotica ty Canal Ping /alace imitations - The method does not give information about the bearing capacity of a pile, : Major defects show very clearly, but minor deficiencies, like local loss Of cover to steel, or small inclusions, are not discovered. ~The approximate length can be determined, unless the pile is very Jong, or the skin friction is very high. The method has proven to be very useful as a first ine protection against major faults. 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