PIT-PILE INTEGRITY TEST0 pages
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DYNAMIC TESTS ON PILES
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PILE INTEGRITY TEST
DESCRIPTION
Fondation piles are generally controLLed through static Load
tests in order to get their bearing capacity by measuring the
pile settlement due to the static Load being applied. This kind
of test allows to analysis the response of the pile-soil
system over a wide range of deformation that can reach the
collapse conditions.
The need to reduce testing time and costs has brought to
the diffusion of a number of different non destructive
methodologies:
• cross-hole
• dynamic pile test
Sonic integrity, instrumented hammer and mechanical
admittance methods may be classified among low strain
dynamic tests and they enable to verify the shape and the
length of the pile as well as any defect. "Case" testing
instead is a high strain dynamic method which gives
indication of the pile limit load.
* Specifications and standards subject to changes without prior notice.
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