Testing apparatus for pile end settlement of rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile and installation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11635284-B1
Application number	US-202217846951-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 22, 2022
Priority date	May 5, 2022
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

Provided are a testing apparatus for a pile end settlement of a rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile and an installation method thereof. The testing apparatus comprises a PHC tube pile, two measuring tubes, a cross pile tip, a pile tip steel plate, a fixer fixed in the PHC tube pile, a perforated steel plate located at a pile top of the PHC tube pile and a jack pressed on the perforated steel plate. The two measuring tubes are symmetrically arranged, the fixer is provided with two first measuring tube outlet holes, and the two measuring tubes respectively pass through the first measuring tube outlet holes of the fixer; and the perforated steel plate is also provided with two second measuring tube outlet holes, and the two measuring tubes respectively pass through the second measuring tube outlet holes of the perforated steel plate.
(FIG. 1 )

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A testing apparatus for a pile end settlement of a rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile, comprising a PHC tube pile, two measuring tubes partially located in the PHC tube pile and extending out of a pile top of the PHC tube pile, a cross pile tip located at a pile end of the PHC tube pile, a pile tip steel plate connecting the PHC tube pile with the cross pile tip, a fixer fixed in the PHC tube pile, a perforated steel plate located at the pile top of the PHC tube pile and a jack to press on the perforated steel plate, wherein the two measuring tubes are symmetrically arranged, the fixer is provided with two first measuring tube outlet holes, and the two measuring tubes respectively pass through the first measuring tube outlet holes of the fixer; and the perforated steel plate is also provided with two second measuring tube outlet holes, and the two measuring tubes respectively pass through the second measuring tube outlet holes of the perforated steel plate.

2. The testing apparatus for the pile end settlement of the rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile according to claim 1 , wherein the PHC tube pile is provided with a tube pile opening close to the pile top, and the fixer is located in the tube pile opening and located inside the PHC tube pile.

3. The testing apparatus for the pile end settlement of the rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile according to claim 1 , wherein the jack is located at an intermediate position of the perforated steel plate.

4. The testing apparatus for the pile end settlement of the rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the jack is smaller than a spacing between the two measuring tubes.

5. The testing apparatus for the pile end settlement of the rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile according to claim 1 , wherein the cross pile tip is fixed with the pile tip steel plate by welding, the pile tip steel plate is fixed with the pile end of the PHC tube pile by welding, and tail ends of the two measuring tubes are symmetrically fixed on the pile tip steel plate.

6. The testing apparatus for the pile end settlement of the rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile according to claim 1 , further comprising two sealing cushion blocks respectively located on the two measuring tubes, a current pull rope micro-displacement sensor, a pull rope connecting the sealing cushion blocks with the current pull rope micro-displacement sensor and a beam pressed on the jack; wherein, the current pull rope micro-displacement sensor is fixed on a bottom portion of the beam.

7. An installation method of the testing apparatus for the pile end settlement of the rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps of:
S1: after driving the PHC tube pile, determining lengths of the measuring tubes according to a length of the PHC tube pile;
S2: determining positions of the measuring tubes on the pile tip steel plate, and applying glue at bottom ends of the measuring tubes, so that the measuring tubes and the pile tip steel plate are glued together;
S3: after installing the measuring tubes, forming the tube pile opening on a pile wall of the PHC tube pile, installing the fixer in the tube pile opening of the PHC tube pile, and drilling the first measuring tube outlet holes of the fixer according to distances between the measuring tubes and the pile walls on two sides of the PHC tube pile; and
S4: after installing the fixer, installing the perforated steel plate, and determining the second measuring tube outlet holes of the perforated steel plate according to the distances between the measuring tubes and the pile walls on two sides of the PHC tube pile.

8. The installation method of the testing apparatus for the pile end settlement of the rock-socketed driven PHC tube pile according to claim 7 , further comprising the following steps of: placing the jack on the perforated steel plate, placing the beam on the jack, placing the sealing cushion blocks on top ends of the measuring tubes, fixing the current pull rope micro-displacement sensor on the bottom portion of the beam, and connecting the pull rope of the current pull rope micro-displacement sensor with the sealing cushion blocks.

Assignees

• Univ Qingdao Technology
• Qingdao Green Tech Geotechnical Engineering Co Ltd
• Zhongji Jiurui Geotechnical Eng Co Ltd
• Shandong Luqiao Group Co Ltd Jinan China
• China State Construction Zhongxin Construction Eng Co Ltd Shandong Branch

Inventors

• Wang Yonghong
• Zhang Mingyi
• Fang Xiang
• Han Bo
• Zhang Qijun
• Jiang Yishun
• Li Shiqiang
• Xu Dazhong
• Wang Jun
• Zhang Chuantong
• Ge Yuning
• Zhang Yamei
• Tian Weihui
• Jia Ziguang
• Liu Xiaoning

Classifications

• Y02E10/10

  Geothermal energy · CPC title

• G01N15/0806

  Details, e.g. sample holders, mounting samples for testing · CPC title

• G01B5/30 Primary

  for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. mechanical strain gauge · CPC title

• E02D33/00 Primary

  Testing foundations or foundation structures (testing methods and apparatus, see the relevant subclasses of class G01; testing structures or apparatus as regards function, in general, G01M; testing or determining chemical or physical properties, in general G01N) · CPC title

• E02D13/06

  for observation while placing · CPC title