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Pile design optimization

  • US 10,443,202 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2015
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pile driver data capture device comprising computing components, a sensor, a data logger, the data logger is communicatively coupled to a parsing program component in a computing device operating as a data acquisition system, the pile driver data capture device operably attached to a pile driver for capturing pile driver data for a percussive hammer, the device comprising:

  • the sensor that measures pile driver data, wherein the pile driver data includes a pile penetration depth and a pile penetration rate based on consistent energy impacted on a pile by the percussive hammer of the pile driver;

    the data logger that records the pile driver data for a defined period of time using the sensor, wherein the pile driver data correlates with a vertical capacity and a lateral capacity for the pile;

    the parsing program component configured to;

    capture the pile driver data for driving an anticipated-pile at an anticipated-pile location, wherein capturing the pile driver data comprises using anticipated-pile driver criteria to compare and correlate the pile driver data to the anticipated-pile driving criteria;

    analyze the pile driver data to determine whether the pile driver data meets the anticipated-pile driving criteria, wherein the anticipated-pile driving criteria comprises at least a test pile driver data that correlates with a predefined capacity for driving the anticipated-pile in the anticipated-pile location; and

    generates a report, wherein the report is based on the analysis to determine whether the pile driver data meets the anticipated-pile driving criteria.

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