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Pile Load Testing - background
Brief Statnamic Introduction
Recent activities in the US
Statnamic Theory and Analysis
Recent activities in Taiwan
20MN testing at the TFC project, Taiwan
other notable jobs
Disadvantages
- Static behaviour
- Expensive
- Maintained load
- Time consuming
- Cyclic loading
- Different procedures
- No pile damage
- Direct load
measurement
(calibrated load cell)
- Direct displacement
measurement
Disadvantages
- Indirect load measurements
strain transducers : F = E.A.
concrete piles : E variable
bored piles: E and A variable
Statnamic
Introduction to Statnamic
load
displacement
strain
acceleration
load
displacement
14
The Idea
LOAD
DLT
STN
Statnamic
TIME
Note: The JGS defines a Rapid Load Test as 5 < tr < 500, where tr is the number of times a
stress wave will travel up and down the pile during the loading event
This type of test was clearly different from a Dynamic Load Test
Statnamic Schematic
Gravel
Container
Gravel container
Gravel
ReactionGravel
masses
Silencer
Cylinder
Platform
Masses
Laser sensor
Laser
Laser beam
Pile
Piston
Load cell
Pile to be tested
Laser
1800 tons
Japan
Test Pile as
Support Pile
1800 ton
Test Pile as
Support Pile
Mechanical
Catching
Mechanism
Concept
Stone Columns
Auger-Cast Piles
conventional and displacement types
Background
Statnamic Theory and Analysis
GOAL:
to derive the STATIC load
displacement behavior from a
STATNAMIC load test
(usual goal for axial compression testing)
Structural Analogy
Static
Dynamic
u
F
F = ku
F = ma + cv + ku
(Static)
(Statnamic)
Physical Model
F
EQUATION OF MOTION:
u
m
F = ma + cv + ku
This equation describes the equilibrium between
some forcing function and the 3 forces:
Inertia (mass x acceleration)
Analysis
Assuming that stress-waves can be ignored, the analysis of
a Statnamic Load Test is greatly simplified in comparison
to a dynamic load test.
Although stress-waves may be ignored, the dynamic
effects of INERTIA and DAMPING CANNOT!
Result: a detailed model, which includes pile and soil
properties IS NOT NEEDED.
A simple physical model can be used to remove the effects
of damping and inertia from the measured signals - no
information about the soil is needed, and subjective
judgement is minimized.
LOAD (MN)
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
DISPLACEMENT (mm)
Measured Statnamic
20
40
Derived Static
60
80
8.0
LOAD (MN)
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
DISPLACEMENT (mm)
20
Static - 3 cycles
40
60
Statnamic
80
100
120
7.0
Load (kN)
100
200
S e ttle m e nt (m m )
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
300
Load (tonnes)
0
500
Displacement (mm)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Measured Static
LoadDisplacement
Load (tonnes)
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Displacement (mm)
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Measured Static
LoadDisplacement
ASTM Quick Test,
Pile 241
Load (tonnes)
Displacement (mm)
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
500
1000
1500
Quick Static
LoadDisplacement
Derived Static
LoadDisplacement
2000
2500
Standards
The End.
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