A high-strain dynamic load test applied directly to a deep foundation element byhammer impact, per ASTM D4945 or EN ISO 22477-4. ASTM D4945 isstrain-and-acceleration ("PDA") impact testing, in US practice almost always pairedwith CAPWAP or an equivalent signal-matching analysis (a form of wave equationanalysis) to derive static capacity. EN ISO 22477-4 names four methods under onestandard: dynamic impact testing (the ASTM D4945 method), driving formulae, waveequation analysis, and multi-blow dynamic testing (capacity derived from a series ofblows at different displacement and velocity levels). The vocabulary of testMethodcarries all four, plus signal_matching for the CAPWAP-style analysis that ASTMpractice names separately from the base impact method. The results of a dynamic loadtest on a completed element are carried by Test/outcome as a ResultSet of force,velocity and capacity values; diggs:PDARecordType belongs to pile drivingactivities.
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