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Universal Testing Laboratory

and Inspection Inc.

High Strain Pile Testing Report

UTLIIPDA - 2023 CANIUPAN BRIDGE

Client： FERDSTAR BUILDERS CONTRACTOR

Project name: BRIDGE PROGRAM: REPLACEMENT OF

PERMANENT WEAK BRIDGES – CANIUPAN
BRIDGE 3 (B01491LZ) ALONG NAHAY PARE
SAN LUIS – STO. DOMINGO ROAD, SAN LUIS
PAMPANGA

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TABLE OF CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION
2. PILE CONSTRUCTION
3. FIELD TESTING
4. TESTING METHOD
5. TESTING RESULTS/ANALYSIS & JUDGEMENT
6. CONCLUSION

APPENDICES

CASE RESULTS
PILE MODEL
EXTREMA TABLE
RCAPWAP RESULTS
GRAPHS
CALIBRATION CERTIFICATE

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High Strain Dynamic Pile Testing Report

Introduction

As a requirement for the confirmation of the capacity of the pile, FERDSTAR BUILDERS
CONTRACTOR in conjunction with Universal Testing Laboratory and inspection Inc.
performed the high strain dynamic pile testing for the above mention project. The
company tested 1 pile for verification of the pile capacity. Below is the bored pile
specification:

1) Pile type: Bored Pile

2) Pile cross-section: 1800mm diameter
3) Pile Length: 33.0 meters
4) Soil type at the pile toe: Not stated
5) Concrete Design strength: 28 Mpa
6) Total Pile Quantity: not stated
7) Specified Ultimate Pile Capacity: see pile design

Pile Construction

The project has adopted the bored piling method as specified above the size and
strength of the concrete.

Field Testing

The purpose of the test is to determine the pile single vertical compression bearing
capacity and detect the integrity along the pile length. Testing principle and standard is
based on ASTM D4945 known as the “High-strain dynamic testing of piles”.

Testing Method:

High strain dynamic pile testing method is to impact one force on the pile head along
the axis direction, then to get the particle stress and acceleration of the pile body
through the strain gages and accelerometers which are installed on the pile

shaft. It is one method to judge the single vertical compression bearing capacity
and pile integrity through wave theory. Please pay more attention to the following
matters when do the testing:

a. The measured pile head should be smooth, the pile height above the around
soil should fulfil the installation of the instruments and sensors.
b. Install the two strain gauges and two accelerometers symmetry on the two
sides and in one cross – section. The position for installing the sensors
should be smooth, no obvious broken around this cross – section.
c. The hammer weight is 12 tons

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d. Before testing, check the working status of the instrument and sensor, and
check the set parameters inside the device. After confirming the data, proceed
to test.
e. Should measure the effective pile penetration length every hammering.

1. Testing Instrument:

Instrument Configuration P – 2
Calibration Calibration
Name Model Item no.
Certificate Validity
PDA 8G SN 5114 LE See certificate 2025-01-15
Strain Sensor 1 F1 S777 380µε/ mV/V NA
Strain Sensor 2 F6 S778 380µε/ mV/V NA
Accelerometer 1 B75 SN 63007 1.0 mV/g NA
Accelerometer 2 B75 SN 63002 1.0 mV/g NA
Hammer Weight 12 tons
Hammer
(fabricated) Falling Distance 1.00 – 3.00 meters

Testing Result, Analysis and Judgement

1. Curve Matching Method, Calculated Curve, P – 1 to P – 2

2. Single Pile Vertical Compression Bearing Capacity Analysis.

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Case Method

It is assumed that the pile is a one-dimensional elastic rod, and the medium is a
uniform and continuous elastic body; the dynamic resistance force is concentrated at
the pile tip and is proportional to the speed of the pile end, that is, Rd=Jc•Z•Vb(t),
where Jc and Z is a constant; the pile side soil is an ideal rigid plastomer, and the
ultimate static resistance of each part is independent of their deformation and is a
certain value. According to the traveling wave theory, the basic formula for
calculating the bearing capacity by the Case method can be derived:
Rs=(1/2)(1-Jc)[F(t1)+ZV(t1)]+(1/2)(1+Jc)[F(t2)-ZV(t2)]

Where: F(t1), F(t2) are respectively The force value at time t1 & t2;
V(t1),V(t2) are the speed values at t1 and t2, respectively;

T2=t1+2L/C (L is the pile length, C is the propagation speed of the wave in the pile
body); t1 generally takes the time corresponding to the first velocity peak; Z is the
wave impedance of the pile material;

Jc is the Case damping coefficient.

Curve Matching Method

1. Fit the five piles with CAPWAPC professional software and fit

2. The formula is V-F, that is, the calculated force curve F(t) is fitted with the measured
velocity curve V(t) as a known condition. When the fitting calculation is performed, the
selected soil parameters are all within the reasonable range of geotechnical
engineering. If the fitting coefficient is not more than 3%, the fitting calculation can be
terminated.

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The results are summarized in Table 3:

Item Pile No. Pile Date Tested Max Single Pile Actual
Type Hammering Ultimate Measured
Force, (Kn) Bearing Penetration
Capacity (Kn) (mm)
1 Abut A Bored June 23, 2023 17022 25424 0.10
RS Pile

Conclusion

From the analysis, the Abut A had mobilized a resisting capacity (Rult) 25424kN which
exceeds the target design of the pile integrity, the results are satisfactory. This concludes that
the pile passed the PDA load test.

Prepared by:

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APPENDICES

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CASE RESULTS

JC 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
RSP 17898 16286 14673 13060 11447 9834 8221 6608 4995 3382 1770
RSU 16649 14911 13174 11436 9698 7960 6222 4485 2747 1009 1009
RMX 17898 16286 14673 13060 11447 9834 8221 6608 4995 3382 1770
RCAPWAP = 25424.00 kN Jc(RSP) = 0.00 Jc(RSU) = 0.00 Jc(RMX) =0.00
VMX TVP VT1*Z FT1 FMX DMX DFN SET EMX
(m/s) (ms) (kN) (kN) (kN) (mm) (mm) (mm) (KJ)
0.73 33.8 17029 16998 17022 3.0 0.1 0.14 39

PILE MODEL

Segment Length Area Modulus Spec.Weight Perimeter Impedance Z-

(NO.) (m) (cm²) (kPa) (kN/m³) (m) (kN.s/m) Change
(%)
1 0 25447 33061 25.00 5.6549 23370 100
19 36.00 25447 33061 25.00 5.6549 23370 100
Toe 36.00 25447.00
Wave Speed : 3600m/s Overall : 3600m/s Pile Damping : 2.00% Time Increment :
0.556ms

EXTREMA TABLE

Pile Depth max. min. max. max. max. max. max.

Segment Below Force Force Comp. Tension Trnsfd. Velocity Displ.
No. Gages (kN) (kN) Stress Stress Energy (ms) (mm)
(m) (MPa) (MPa) (KJ)
1 2.9 17788 -3439 7.0 -1.4 39 0.70 2.860
2 4.8 18170 -5057 7.1 -2.0 38 0.67 2.753
3 6.7 18283 -5888 7.2 -2.3 37 0.65 2.623
4 8.6 18545 -5506 7.3 -2.2 35 0.62 2.487
5 10.5 18155 -5538 7.1 -2.2 32 0.59 2.363
6 12.4 17050 -5242 6.7 -2.1 29 0.57 2.253
7 14.3 15763 -4472 6.2 -1.8 26 0.56 2.143
8 16.2 14761 -2747 5.8 -1.1 22 0.55 2.015
9 18.0 14707 -2882 5.8 -1.1 20 0.51 1.847
10 20.0 15061 -2497 5.9 -1.0 18 0.46 1.641
11 21.8 15214 -2775 6.0 -1.1 15 0.40 1.407
12 23.7 14897 -2510 5.9 -1.0 12 0.33 1.162
13 25.6 14144 -1706 5.6 -0.7 9 0.27 0.933
14 27.5 10887 -196 4.3 -0.1 6 0.22 0.733
15 29.4 6529 -771 2.6 -0.3 3 0.19 0.690
16 31.3 4344 -2458 1.7 -1.0 2 0.20 0.732
17 33.2 4188 -2052 1.6 -0.8 2 0.20 0.765
18 35.1 3792 -2332 1.5 -0.9 2 0.21 0.787
19 37.0 3485 -1991 1.4 -0.8 2 0.23 0.804

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RCAPWAP RESULTS

Soil Depth Depth Activated Sum Sum Unit Unit

Segment Below Below Resistance Down UP Resistance Resistance
No. Gages Grade R of R of R (Depth) (Area)
(m) (m) (kN) (kN) (kN) (kN/m) (kPa)
1 1.89 1.89 105 105 25424 56 10
2 3.79 3.79 266 371 25319 140 25
3 5.68 5.68 194 565 25053 103 18
4 7.58 7.58 655 1220 24859 345 61
5 9.47 9.47 998 2217 24204 528 93
6 11.37 11.37 824 3042 23207 434 77
7 13.26 13.26 1175 4217 22382 622 110
8 15.16 15.16 998 5215 21207 525 93
9 17.05 17.05 1086 6301 20209 575 102
10 18.95 18.95 1643 7944 19123 865 153
11 20.84 20.84 1968 9913 17480 1041 184
12 22.74 22.74 1941 11853 15511 1022 181
13 24.63 24.63 1814 13667 13571 960 170
14 26.53 26.53 5269 18936 11757 2773 490
15 28.42 28.42 4036 22972 6488 2135 378
16 30.32 30.32 82 23055 2452 43 8
17 32.21 32.21 70 23125 2369 37 7
18 34.11 34.11 146 23271 2299 77 14
19 36.00 36.00 146 23417 2153 77 14
Toe 36.00 36.00 2006 25424 2006 - -
Total RCAPWAP Capacity : 25424kN Skin Friction : 23417kN Pile Base : 2006kN
Pile Displacement Measurement : 0.14mm Blow Count = 7143b/m
Pile Displacement Match : 0.01mm Blow Count = 100000b/m
Match Quality : 1.69%

Soil Model Parameters (basic parameters) Symbol Shaft Toe

Case Damping Factor JS/JT 0.68 0.04
Smith Damping Factor(s/m) SS/ST 0.59 0.50
Quake(mm) QS/QT 0.79 0.30
Unloading Quake(% of loading quake) CS/CT 0.10 0.90
Unloading Level(% of Ru) UN 0.70 -
Soil mass(kg) PL -
1700.00

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