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Base Model:
SE-1 [Sonic Echo]
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For Available
Models, click on the MODEL TAB in the chart below to get a description
of each system. (you may need to scroll down the page to view the Key Features
and Model Tabs)
Contact Olson Instruments if your are adding on to an existing system, or purchasing multiple systems as some of the components are common to other test methods.
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Sonic Echo-Impulse Response is used for low strain integrity testing
of piles and determination of deep foundation length.
The
Sonic Echo-Impulse Response system
is designed to determine the length and integrity of foundations
when the top or part of the upper side of the foundation is accessible. This
system and its associated methodology can be used on both
new and existing foundations and is performed by impacting the
foundation and recording echoes from a defect or the foundation
bottom with a nearby receiver(s). This
method works best for columnar type foundations such as piles
and drilled shafts, but has also been used successfully on mat
foundations, abutment walls, and similar structures. Sonic Echo/Impulse
Response is applicable on concrete, wood, and round steel pipe
foundations.
The Sonic
Echo (SE) method is normally conducted in conjunction with the Impulse
Response (IR) method together as the Sonic Echo/Impulse Response
method. Olson Instruments sells the base model SE-1 system that exclusively
uses the Sonic Echo methodology without the Impulse Response analysis.
This system, along with its associated software, uses only the time domain
information in the data for the interpretation of reflections. The IR
option (SE/IR-1 Model) provides the user with the ability to transform
data from time domain into frequency domain. The software then automatically
calculates the transfer and coherence functions, which may be useful for
data quality analysis as well as providing further information about reflections
within the structure.
The SE/IR-1 + PS-1 + US-1 Model combines Sonic Echo/Impulse Response (SE/IR) with Parallel
Seismic (PS) and Ultraseismic
(US) for complete foundation testing at a reduced price as the systems share many common components.
Training
Hands-on training classes are available for all of our Nondestructive Testing
Methods at our Wheat Ridge, Colorado (USA) location, which is a
suburb located appromately 15 minutes northwest of downtown Denver. Training
may be available at your location by one of our agents upon special arrangement.
For complete details about the Sonic Echo - Impulse Response Systems available
as an add-on test with the Freedom
Data PC or NDE 360 platform, call toll free
1-888-423-1214 or email:
details@olsoninstruments.com
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Applicable On:
- Drilled Shafts
(Bored Piles)
- Auger Cast Concrete Piles
- Driven Concrete Piles
- Bridge Abutments
- Wall Piers
- Wood Piles
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Test For:
- Cracks
- Voids
- Soil Instrusions
- Uncured or Weak Concrete
- Diameter Changes
(bulb or neck)
- Deep Foundation Depths
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Meets ASTM:
Meets ACI:
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All of Olson Instruments have been researched, tested, and used on-site daily
by our sister company, Olson
Engineering, world reknowned for NDT consulting. The OE
Website is loaded with Tech Brief and project photos using the
equipment shown on this website. Purchase our products to “do-it-yourself”,
or hire an Olson Engineering Nondestructive Testing professional for your
next project
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