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| Title: |
"Statnamic
Load Testing Using Water as Reaction Mass" |
| Author: |
M.D. Justason,
Berminghammer, Hamilton, Canada
M.C. Janes, Deacon Industrial Design, Vancouver,
Canada
P. Middendorp, Profound, Waddinxveen, Netherlands
A.G. Mullins, University of South Florida, Tampa,
United States |
| Published in: |
Proceedings of the Sixth
International Conference on the Application of Stress-Wave Theory To Piles,
Orlando, Sao Paulo, 2000 |
| Abstract: |
The following paper describes
experiments performed in Hamilton, Canada, using water as reaction mass for
Statnamic testing. These trial tests represented the first such tests
performed in the world. These tests were performed in Lake Ontario, on a 323
mm diameter pipe pile driven in 8 m of water. The tests were performed using
a 0.6 MN Statnamic device and hydraulic catching mechanism with a specially
designed hanging structure from which a submerged steel container was used
to contain a mass of water. The goal of the testing was to investigate the
potential for using water to replace concrete and steel for use as reaction
mass for Statnamic tests. This paper also describes Statnamic test results
from the first two Statnamic testing contracts for the Port of Lake Charles,
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. These jobs were performed by Applied
Foundation Testing, Inc. of Green Cove Springs, Florida, USA. These tests
were performed on square concrete piles, with test loads ranging from 4.0 MN
to 5.0 MN. This paper also summarizes the theoretical research conducted by
Middendorp and Courage in 1995, which influenced the design of the actual
water reaction mass assemblies for the experimental work of 1998. |
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