Improved Approach for Determining Pile Length of Group Pile Using Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform

Sheng Huoo Ni, Yu Zhang Yang, Pei Hsun Tsai, Wei Hsiang Chou

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Abstract

This paper investigates the integrity test ability of the sonic echo (SE) test by using a field constructed group pile foundation. Due to the energy reflected stress wave is generally faded with wave travel path for the testing of a pile with pile cap, a signal process techniques were generally used to enhance the signal interested. The purpose of this paper is to study an improved signal processing approach to detect the pile length of a pile with pile cap. This paper utilized the amplitude and phase message of complex continuous wavelet transform to determine pile length of pile foundations by analyzing the time-frequency-phase angle diagram in the different frequency band. Two- pile group and four-pile group pile were tested. Six piles with different types of defects were installed and tested to verify the proposed approach in this study. The results show that complex continuous wavelet transform is able not only to provide high-resolution results in different frequency bands but also to simplify the identification of the reflection of defects using 3D phase spectrogram. The location of reflected stress wave of pile toe can then be determined using phase diagram.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTunneling in Soft Ground, Ground Conditioning and Modification Techniques - Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Failure to Sustainability, 2018 in HangZhou, China
EditorsWen-Chieh Cheng, Junsheng Yang, Jinfeng Wang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages66-79
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783319957821
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event5th GeoChina International Conference on Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018 - HangZhou, China
Duration: 2018 Jul 232018 Jul 25

Publication series

NameSustainable Civil Infrastructures
ISSN (Print)2366-3405
ISSN (Electronic)2366-3413

Conference

Conference5th GeoChina International Conference on Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangZhou
Period18-07-2318-07-25

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Environmental Engineering

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