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REPORT OF DYNAMIC PILE LOAD TEST

Ch.no.-628+727 P5 Pile no-1

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INDEX

Sr. No Description Page No.

1. INTRODUCTION 3

2. METHODOLOGY OF DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING 4

3. IMPACT LOADING ON PILE 5

4. ADVANTAGES 6

5. CONCLUSION 7

6. RESULT OF PILES 8

7. APPENDIX-A PDA RESULT 9-11

8. MOBILIZED STATIC RESISTANCE 12

9. FIELD DATASHEET 13

10. SITE IMAGE 14

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INTRODUCTION
This report comprises the results of dynamic pile load testing. The foundation of the superstructure
rested on piles of 1200 mm diameter and 22.50-meter length. The pile design load is 630 MT that
provided by client.
The principle of dynamic load testing is to measure the data, which contain information of the
hammer blow as well as the accelerations, and stresses as a function of time. By performing Signal
Matching on these measured data, the mobilized static bearing capacity of the pile can be confirmed.
PILE DETAILS

Type of Pile Routine Pile

Pile Diameter 1200 mm
Pile Length 22.50 m
Design Load 630 Ton
Test Load 945 Ton
Pile Id Ch. no.-628+727 P5 Pile no-1
Mobilized Pile Capacity 954 ton
Skin Friction 674.23 ton
End Bearing 279.91 ton
Net Displacement 1.3 mm
Total Displacement 1.9 mm
Pile Integrity No Defect Observed
Hammer Weight 10 MT
Height of Fall 1.0 M

AVAILABLE DOCUMENT
For this report, the following documents and data were available:
• Pile Cross-Section details
• Site Location & Field data
This data provided by Client and same data is used for data processing to calculate the mobilized
static load bearing capacity of pile.

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METHODOLOGY OF DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING

Dynamic testing performed with the Allnamics PDA- system. During testing strain and
acceleration, transducers installed in two sets diametrically opposite to each other to eliminate the
effects of bending stresses and to provide back up in case of contingency.

Figure 1 : Pile Driving Analyzer and Sensor

The data collected in the PDA and directly transmitted by Wi-Fi to a laptop computer operated by
the monitoring engineer on the platform. The accelerometers are of a piezo-resistive type. These
accelerometers are one order of magnitude more accurate than piezo-electric accelerometers, thus
showing hardly any zero drift.

The PDA is a micro-processor-based signal conditioner and digital computer. Signals of pile top
force and velocity were measured and analyzed during each strike of the pile driving hammer and
stored in the Analyzer. The pile top force and velocity –time curves were displayed on laptop
computer screen. Real time analogue signals of the pile top force and velocity were also recorded
using the PDA and later stored in the field computer unit.

Figure 2 : Attachment of Sensor on the pile surface

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IMPACT LOADING ON PILE

The weight of hammer is selected one to two percentage to pile load test or more. The weight of
hammer should be able to mobilize the pile capacity and to mobilize the pile capacity the weight
dropped from the suitable height. The wooden plank is used as cushion to pile head and on wooden
plank; the steel plate of 25 mm thickness is used.
In the starting of test, Impact height is set as 0.50 meter and increased up to 2.5 meter. Measured
compressive as well as tensile stress should not reached to pile compressive and tensile stress of
pile during dynamic pile load testing.
Basic output from the Dynamic Load Test comprises as a function of impact load:
• Force and Velocity X Impedance Graph
• Downward and Upward Travelling Wave

From the acceleration data, pile specifications and strain data, the following quantities as a function
of penetration can be presented:
• Maximum Force
• Maximum Acceleration

Derived from force and acceleration the following quantities as a function of penetration can be
presented:
• Maximum Compression
• Maximum Tension
• Maximum Velocity

Form the last impact, upward wave which is generated that signal is used for signal matching
process to calculate the mobilized static load capacity of pile.

Signal Matching
For signal matching the pile and soil are modelled as a dynamic system with masses, dampers and
springs. This model calculates the dynamic response of the pile head to the measured dynamic
input.

The relevant parameters of the model are changed iteratively until the calculated response matches
the measured response, which yields a model and parameters that represents the actual behavior
of pile and soil. This model predicts the static behavior of the pile, including the contributions of
shaft resistance and toe resistance.

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Figure 3 : Typical Force and Velocity Traces Graph

Results
Matching done based on the CASE method. For Signal processing, the upward travelling wave
selected, because this wave contains the information on the soil behavior. Most relevant output of the
dynamic pile load test results can be found in Appendix A.

Advantages:

• Compared to the static test this method is less time consuming andhindrance to work in the
adjoining area is much less.

• The transmission of energy from drop hammer to pile is calculated taking into account the
relative masses of pile and drop hammer and coefficient ofrestitution of bodies under impact.

• The observations of displacement are up to 0.01 mm. and such recordingup to 100 per seconds
can be taken and complete displacement profile isobtained.

• The non-contact method of recording eliminates effect of vibration due tomachines.

• The method follows the formula given in the Indian code and calculationmethods.

• The cost of test is low.

• The formulae used for calculation gives best correlation among thevarious dynamic formulae in
use for reinforced concrete piles.

• The impact loading arrangement is such that pile testing can be conductedwithout damaging the
head or cutting the reinforcement bars.

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CONCLUSION
The analysis results for Pile showed that it had achieved an activated capacity of 954 Tons at the time
of testing which is more than the required test load of 945 Tons.

This report has been prepared as per guidelines given in ASTM D4945. No other warranty, expressed
or implied, is made. The findings provided in this report are based on the result of the individual pile
tested and information made available to us.

NOTE:
The Results given in this report are based on the test conducted at site as per relevant Code. This report
only represents for test location, which indicated, to us by representative of client during the site work.

The report shall not reproduce or cannot be produced for any court of law without written approval of
the laboratory.

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RESULT OF PILES

Ch. no.-628+727 P5 Pile no-1

PILE ID

954 ton
Mobilized Pile Capacity

Skin Friction 674.23 ton

End Bearing 279.91 ton

Net Displacement 1.3 mm

Total Displacement 1.9 mm

No Defect Observed
Pile Integrity

10 MT
Hammer Weight

1.0 M
Height of Fall

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Appendix –A
PDA Result

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PDA Results

Figure1: Force x Velocity Impedance Graph

Figure 2: Upward

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PDA Analysis

Figure 3: Mobilized Static Load Displacement Graph

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MOBILISED SOIL RESISTANCES

Total mobilized static resistance 9.356 [MN]

Static mobilized shaft resistance 6.612 [MN]

Mobilized static resistance

Layer Depth Mobilized
Range Resistance
# [m] [MN]
1 0.000 to -4.000 0.745
2 -4.000 to -6.000 0.282
3 -6.000 to -9.000 2.794
4 -9.000 to -13.000 0.612
5 -13.000 to -16.000 0.697
6 -16.000 to -19.000 0.836
7 -19.000 to -22.500 0.646

Shaft 6.612 [MN]

Toe 2.745 [MN]

Total 9.356 [MN]

PILE DATA:
PILE ID DIA DIA LENGTH CONC. E- DENSITY
TOP BOTTOM GRADE MODULUS
Ch. no.-628+727 P5 1.2M 1.2M 22.50 M M-35 40000.0 2400
Pile no-1

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FIELD DATA SHEET

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SITE IMAGE

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