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The Yutkin effect. Pulse energy at work.
We study the electrohydraulic effect and develop ways to apply it, from geotechnics to materials and feedstock processing.
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Lev Alexandrovich Yutkin (1911–1980)
THE BASIS OF OUR WORK
What is the electrohydraulic effect?
A powerful, brief electrical discharge in a liquid creates a shock wave and a pressure pulse. Electrical energy is rapidly converted into mechanical action on the surrounding medium.
L. A. Yutkin was a Soviet physicist and inventor who studied this effect and its practical uses. Today we develop engineering applications based on that physical principle.
DischargeA pulse of energy in a liquid.
Pressure waveRapid mechanical action.
TechnologyThe pulse is adapted to an engineering task.
ECO-CONVERS
Study the effect. Test it. Apply it.
We connect pulse electrophysics, equipment development and field trials. Each area has its own path to validation.
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EIT piles & anchors
Pile and ground anchor formation with discharge treatment.
↗02Electrohydraulic material fragmentation
Electrohydraulic processing separates concrete from reinforcement.
↗03Hydrocarbons
Research into pulsed feedstock processing.
↗04Soil compaction
Research into deep treatment of ground.
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Documentation
Company materials and open publications on the electrohydraulic effect.
Research and Applications of Piles and Anchors
Pull-out Characteristics of Expanded Anchor Using Pulse Discharge Technology
Laboratory and full-scale field tests of pulse-discharge anchors, with a slope-stabilisation application. Reported tests showed an 85–157% increase in pullout capacity; the case study reduced the fixed anchor length from 9 to 5.5 m.
Shaft Capacity Assessment of Recharge Impulse Technology Piles
A Tunisian EIT pile case study recorded 4.4 mm settlement under a 1,000 kN load. The paper examines how shaft enlargements and discharge-induced soil improvement increase capacity relative to a conventional cylindrical bored pile.
The Competitive Advantages of EIT Technology
EIT pile applications in Russia, Tunisia and Germany. The paper presents comparative EIT and Fundex pile tests, load–settlement curves and examples of reductions in pile foundation construction time and cost.
A Study on Characteristics of an In-Situ Pile Using Pulse Discharge Technology I: Expansion Characteristics of Ground
In-situ tests investigate pile enlargement by electrical discharge. The study relates borehole expansion to pulse count and soil conditions, explaining the combined effects of a larger pile cross-section and compaction of the surrounding ground.
Strengthening Landslide Slope
A practical application of electric-discharge piles and ground anchors working together. Plans, sections and construction procedures illustrate a slope-stabilisation solution and its cost advantages over cantilever retaining walls.
Approval documentation for electrically formed cast-in-place pile technology
Russia
Kazakhstan
Germany
- DIBt letter on the electro-impulse pile manufacturing method — image and English and Russian translationsVisual reconstruction of the letter and unofficial translations.
RESEARCH & PATENTS (BACKGROUND)
- Device for Breaking Cylindrical Reinforced Concrete ProductsPatent
- High-Voltage Capacitor with an Integrated Controlled SwitchPatent
- Electric-Discharge XeCl LaserArticle
- Laser Emission from ArF*, KrCl*, KrF*, XeCl* and XeF* Molecules Excited by a Fast DischargeArticle
- Study of Stimulated Raman Scattering of Excimer Laser Radiation on Electronic Transitions in Metal AtomsArticle
- Control of the Energy, Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of XeCl Laser RadiationArticle
- Versatile Pulsed Lasers of the Photon SeriesArticle
- Method for Constructing a Cast-in-Place PilePatent
- Method for Constructing a PilePatent
- Improving the Installation of Bored Injection Piles in Low-Moisture Soils Using Electrical DischargesDissertation
- Errors in the Design and Installation of Anchor Piles Constructed Using Pulse-Discharge TechnologyArticle
- Investigating Changes in Bored Pile Geometry Using an Acoustic Method with Two Measurement ChannelsArticle
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