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Use of the Impact-Echo Method for Analyzing the Integrity of Driven Reinforced Concrete Piles

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The limitations of using the sonic echo method for evaluating the integrity of driven concrete piles with near-surface flaws are examined. Criteria for detecting pile flaws in a compact region are obtained. It is shown that it is possible to use the multiplicative impact-echo method for determining the length of a pile with a near-zone flaw.

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  1. National Research University – Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI), Moscow, Russia

    V. K. Kachanov, I. V. Sokolov, S. A. Fedorenko & S. V. Lebedev

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 4, pp. 56–60, April, 2017.

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Kachanov, V.K., Sokolov, I.V., Fedorenko, S.A. et al. Use of the Impact-Echo Method for Analyzing the Integrity of Driven Reinforced Concrete Piles. Meas Tech 60, 386–391 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-017-1207-2

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