ON METHODS FOR INTERPRETING BEARING CAPACITY FROM A PILE LOAD TEST

This paper summarizes and classifies the methods for interpreting bearing capacity from results of a pile load test for the Taiwan high speed railway. Six criteria, namely: (1) physical meaning, (2) consistency, (3) simplicity, (4) applicability, (5) practicability and (6) effect of coordinate scale, are used to appraise the methods by a case study. Based on the appraisal, it is found that the Terzaghi method and the maximum curvature method provide the best results in interpreting the ultimate and yield bearing capacities, respectively. To unify the definition of ultimate bearing capacity and accumulate experience from the pile load tests, the Terzaghi method is suggested to be the standard and basic interpretation method for ultimate bearing capacity of a pile load test.

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  SOUTHEAST ASIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY

  ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PO BOX 4, KHLONG LUANG
  PATHUMTHANI 12120,   Thailand 
• Authors:
  • HWANG, J H
  • LI, JCC
  • LIANG, N
• Publication Date: 2003-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 27-39
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: SOUTHEAST ASIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0046-5828

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Design; Estimating; Estimation theory; Foundations; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Loads; Railroad tracks; Speed; Support piles; Test procedures
• ITRD Terms: 3085: Bearing capacity; 9011: Design (overall design); 132: Forecast; 3377: Foundation; 1163: High speed; 5567: Load; 3399: Pile; 1062: Railway track; 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00972052
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 22 2004 12:00AM