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Pile Length, or Depth To Anomalies Pile Head Stiffness Pile Shaft Mobility, Which Is Dependent On Pile Section and Concrete Properties

The document discusses a test that measures pile length, head stiffness, and shaft mobility by applying a light impact to generate compression waves to detect defects through wave reflections. The test requires minimal preparation and can identify cracks, reductions in section, or poor quality concrete. It is commonly used in Australia on existing structures.

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Pile Length, or Depth To Anomalies Pile Head Stiffness Pile Shaft Mobility, Which Is Dependent On Pile Section and Concrete Properties

The document discusses a test that measures pile length, head stiffness, and shaft mobility by applying a light impact to generate compression waves to detect defects through wave reflections. The test requires minimal preparation and can identify cracks, reductions in section, or poor quality concrete. It is commonly used in Australia on existing structures.

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The test measures:

 pile length, or depth to anomalies


 pile head stiffness
 pile shaft mobility, which is dependent on pile section and concrete
properties

The software also produces computer simulations and impedance


profiles of the test result, to analyse in detail any intermediate pile
shaft responses.

The TDR test requires minimal of preparation and is able to find


defects corresponding to cracks, reductions in section and zones of
poor quality concrete

The test is based on wave propagation theory. The name "low-strain


dynamic test" stems from the fact that when a light impact is applied
to a pile it produces a low strain. The impact produces a compression
wave that travels down the pile at a constant wave speed (similarly to
what happens in high strain dynamic testing). Changes in cross
sectional area - such as a reduction in diameter - or material - such
as a void in concrete - produce wave reflections.
This procedure is performed with a hand held hammer to generate an
impact, an accelerometer or geophone placed on top of the pile to be
tested to measure the response to the hammer impact, and a data
acquisition and interpretation electronic instrument.
The test works well in concrete or timber foundations that are not
excessively slender. Usually the method is applied to recently
constructed piles that are not yet connected to a structure. However,
this method is also used to test the integrity and to determine the
length of piles embedded in structures. Widely used in Australia now
on existing structures.

This method is covered under ASTM D5882-16 - Standard Test


Method for Low Strain Integrity Testing of Piles.

The perform of pile integrity test


The pile head surface should be accessible, above water, and clean
of loose concrete, soil or other foreign materials. Any type of
contamination should be removed (using a grinder) to reach sound

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