TEST LOADING OF PILES AND NEW PROOF TESTING PROCEDURE

A presentation of four current pile test methods is given. It is claimed that when the test is a part of a field investigation or a proof testing, any method can be used. Eight methods of interpreting failure are reviewed and compared, showing a 40% scatter of interpreted failure values for two actual tests. It is proposed that the slow ML method, commonly used for proof testing, be replaced by a Quick ML method carried to 250% maximum load with a new acceptance criterion consisting of the requirement that the gross movement at 200% load shall be less than the elastic pile compression and an additional value of 0.15 in. plus 1/120 of the pile diameter. /Author/

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Fellenius, B H
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 855-869
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 101
  • Issue Number: GT9
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Failure; Field studies; Lap joints; Loads; Methodology; Soils; Structural tests; Support piles
• Old TRIS Terms: Field investigations; Pile tests
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125509
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE #11551 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 16 1975 12:00AM