Dynamic Load Testing (PDA-DLT)

During 2019, for the first time in Ukraine, Pile Test Systems successfully tested driven, bored and continuous flight auger (CFA) piles by Dynamic Load Testing (PDA-DLT) that is based on the stress wave theory and used in all developed countries of the world. Testing piles by Dynamic Load Testing (DLT)...

Certification

Samorodov O.V., Scientific Adviser of Pile Test Systems, and Gerasimovich Ye.M., Chief Engineer of Pile Test Systems,  completed advanced professional training at Allnamics, an international company  (The Netherlands, The Hague). In three days, Samorodov O.V. and Gerasimovich Ye.M. mastered the theory and practice of pile dynamic testing by impact load...

New Ukrainian national building code (DBN)

The new Ukrainian national building code (DBN) for the design of bases and foundations came into force: DBN B.2.1-10:2018 Bases and Foundations of Buildings and Structures. Main Provisions, one of the authors of which was  Samorodov O.V., Doctor of Technical Science, Scientific Adviser of Pile Test Systems.

19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

From September 17 to 22, 2017, research scientists and specialists from Pile Test Systems took part in the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, held in Seoul (South Korea) under the aegis of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). The conference was attended...

Monograph Publication

Samorodov O.V., Scientific Adviser of Pile Test Systems, published a monograph on the design of high-performance combined pile and raft foundations of multi-storey buildings: - Samorodov, O.V. Designing High-Performance Combined Pile and Raft Foundations of Multi-Storey Buildings: Monograph.  Samorodov O.V., Kharkiv: Tipografiya Madrid, 2017, 204 p.

PATENT of Ukraine #113898

Employees of the company obtained a PATENT of Ukraine for invention:  - Patent for invention No. 113898, UKRAINE. IPC (2017.01), E02D 33/00, E02D 1/02 (2006.01), G01N 3/00, G01N 3/08 (2006.01), G01N 3/10 (2006.01), G01N 19/02 (2006.01). METHOD OF TESTING SOILS USING PILES. Samorodov O.V., Gerasimovich Ye.M., Mulyar D.L. Appl. May...

ONLY-DOWN method

Special design of the load cell for testing a two-section bored pile using the patented ONLY-DOWN method Pile Test Systems was the first company in the world to conduct a successful field experiment to test a full-scale two-section bored pile for vertical downward load capacity using the proposed ONLY-DOWN method...