Comparative Analysis of Dynamic/Static Load Tests on Simple Supported Beam Bridge Based on Load Efficiency

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 2011-2015
Author(s):  
Xian Min Zhang ◽  
Xiao Hui Guo

Static load test is now recognized as a reliable bridge inspection method. However, this method has to interrupt transportation and consume manpower and material greatly. Firstly, this paper introduced the mathematic relation between static calibration coefficient and dynamic calibration coefficient, which are achieved by dynamic/static load tests with different load efficiencies—by comparing them, the proposed equation are verified. Quantitative assessment of bridge is achieved by combining dynamic load inspection method.

2018 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 04038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Baca ◽  
Jaroslaw Rybak

Presented laboratory testing program of tubular steel piles is a part of a bigger research program which contained static load tests in full scale and numerical simulations of conducted research. The main goal of the research is to compare static load tests with different working conditions of a shaft. The presented small scale model tests are the last part of the research. The paper contains the testing methodology description and first results of model pile axial loading. The static load tests in a small laboratory scale were conducted in a container filled with uniformly compacted medium sand (MSa). The first results of the investigation are presented in this paper, with the comparison of two pile capacities obtained for different roughness of the pile shaft (skin friction). The results are presented as load-displacement curves obtained by means of the Brinch-Hansen 80% method.


2014 ◽  
Vol 971-973 ◽  
pp. 1156-1159
Author(s):  
Fang Tian ◽  
Guang Ming Xu

This practice mainly according to different position arrangement of bridge load vehicles (load test), then test the loading vehicle structure under the action of deformation and strain distribution in the cross section of the bridge deck system control parameters, such as through data and theoretical analysis, the test evaluates the performance of the bridge structure.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarvo Mill ◽  
Artu Ellmann ◽  
Martti Kiisa ◽  
Juhan Idnurm ◽  
Siim Idnurm ◽  
...  

Terrestrial laser scanning technology has developed rapidly in recent years and has been used in various applications but mainly in the surveying of different buildings and historical monuments. The use for terrestrial laser scanning data for deformation monitoring has earlier been tested although conventional surveying technologies are still more preferred. Since terrestrial laser scanners are capable of acquiring a large amount of highly detailed geometrical data from a surface it is of interest to study the metrological advantages of the terrestrial laser scanning technology for deformation monitoring of structures. The main intention of this study is to test the applicability of terrestrial laser scanning technology for determining range and spatial distribution of deformations during bridge load tests. The study presents results of deformation monitoring proceeded during a unique bridge load test. A special monitoring methodology was developed and applied at a static load test of a reinforced concrete cantilever bridge built in 1953. Static loads with the max force of up to 1961 kN (200 t) were applied onto an area of 12 m² in the central part of one of the main beams; the collapse of the bridge was expected due to such an extreme load. Although the study identified occurrence of many cracks in the main beams and significant vertical deformations, both deflection (–4.2 cm) and rising (+2.5 cm), the bridge did not collapse. The terrestrial laser scanning monitoring results were verified by high-precision levelling. The study results confirmed that the TLS accuracy can reach ±2.8 mm at 95% confidence level.


2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zygmunt Meyer ◽  
Krzysztof Żarkiewicz

Abstract This article shows the mathematical method to determine the lateral stress on the shaft and toe resistance of pile using the new approach. The method was originally invented by Meyer and Kowalow for the static load test. The approximation curve was used for the estimation of both settlement curve and toe resistance curve of the pile. The load applied at the head of the pile is balanced by the sum of two components: the resistance under the toe of the pile and the skin friction. Therefore, the settlement curve is compilation of two factors: the skin friction curve and the resistance under toe curve. The analysis was based on the verification of the methods using laboratory experiments, that is, static load tests. The results of the research allowed to determine the relationship between parameters of the Meyer–Kowalow curve. On the basis of the relationships, it was possible to determine the skin friction and the toe resistance of the pile. Mathematical analysis of curve parameters allowed to determine the influence of the toe resistance on the settlement.


2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Krasiński ◽  
Mateusz Wiszniewski

Abstract Static load tests on foundation piles are generally carried out in order to determine load – the displacement characteristic of the pile head. For standard (basic) engineering practices this type of test usually provides enough information. However, the knowledge of force distribution along the pile core and its division into the friction along the shaft and the resistance under the base can be very useful. Such information can be obtained by strain gage pile instrumentation [1]. Significant investigations have been completed on this technology, proving its utility and correctness [8], [10], [12]. The results of static tests on instrumented piles are not easy to interpret. There are many factors and processes affecting the final outcome. In order to understand better the whole testing process and soil-structure behavior some investigations and numerical analyses were done. In the paper, real data from a field load test on instrumented piles is discussed and compared with numerical simulation of such a test in similar conditions. Differences and difficulties in the results interpretation with their possible reasons are discussed. Moreover, the authors used their own analytical solution for more reliable determination of force distribution along the pile. The work was presented at the XVII French-Polish Colloquium of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Łódź, 28–30 November 2016.


Author(s):  
Zygmunt Meyer ◽  
Kamil Stachecki

Abstract In the work authors analysed possibility of obtaining static load tests curve for a pile in case of changed diameter, using load curve based on results of static load tests for given diameter. In calculation analysis authors used Meyer–Kowalów (M-K) method. A mathematical description was shown of determining new M-K curve for a pile with changed diameter, taking as a basis original M-K curve obtained from static load tests. Then an example of calculations is presented in which parameters of M-K model for a new curve were determined. Simulation calculations were carried out in the original computer program, the results of which includes load curves for piles with different diameters and relations between diameter changes, limit load capacity and settlement of a pile.


2013 ◽  
Vol 859 ◽  
pp. 149-152
Author(s):  
Fan Liu ◽  
Xiao Hong He

Combined with practical experience in engineering, this paper analyzed the necessity of the bridges for detection with the use of on-site static load test. Also, it introduced the content and methods of the trial, as well as the studied domestic and international inspection techniques, thus discovering the engineering mechanical performance for bridges.


2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 1621-1624
Author(s):  
Wen Xing Wang ◽  
Qi Ming Guo

This paper explains the static load test of a simple-support prestressed bridge. Deflection and stress are measured by the static load test of the simple-support prestressed bridge. This bridge performance and quality are evaluated by using check coefficient of the static load test.


Author(s):  
Md. Nafiul Haque ◽  
Murad Y. Abu-Farsakh ◽  
Chris Nickel ◽  
Ching Tsai ◽  
Jesse Rauser ◽  
...  

This paper presents the results from a pile load testing program for a bridge construction project at Chalmette, Louisiana. The load testing includes three 66-in. spun-cast post-tensioned open-ended cylinder piles and one 30-in. square prestressed concrete (PSC) pile driven at four different locations along the bridge site in clayey-dominant soil. Both cone penetration tests and soil borings/laboratory testing were used to characterize the subsurface soil conditions. All test piles (TP) were instrumented with strain gauges to measure the load distribution along the length of the TPs and to measure the side and tip resistances, separately. Dynamic load tests (DLT) were performed on all TPs at different waiting periods after pile installations to quantify the amount of setup (i.e., increase in pile resistance with time). Case Pile Wave Analysis Program (CAPWAP®) analyses were performed on the DLT data to calculate the resistance distributions along the TPs. A static load test was performed only on the PSC pile and statnamic load tests (SNLT) were conducted on both pile types. Design parameters such as the total stress adhesion factor, α, and the effective stress coefficient, β, were back-calculated. The α values ranged from 0.41 to 0.86, and the β values ranged from 0.13 to 0.29. The load test results showed that SNLT overestimated the tip resistance as compared with dynamic and static load tests. Moreover, the pile tip resistance was almost constant during the testing period, and setup was mainly attributed to increase in pile side resistance with time.


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