Two pile axial load tests were performed in a site in Depok, West Java. The soil of the
site is predominantly a silt-clay soil, characterized by seven mechanical cone penetration tests
(CPTs). The piles were 5.5 m long and 11.5 m long, 250 mm square piles. The results of the static
load tests showed that the ultimate capacities were achieved. The axial load tests were
subsequently back-analyzed using an axisymmetric finite element model using PLAXIS. In the
back-analyses, the soil modulus and shear strength in the model, using the cone penetration
resistance as the reference, were adjusted so that the numerical load-settlement curves matched
the actual curves. The results of the back-analyses are then synthesized with the results of the
CPTs, and are compared with available design guidelines. Some recommendations are then
proposed.

Creator(s)

• PRAKOSO, W.A.

Contributor(s)

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Publisher

Universitas Kristen Petra; 2011

Language

English

Category

jou – Journal

Sub Category

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Source

Civil Engineering Dimension, Vol. 13, No. 1, March 2011, 6-14; Prakoso, W.A. (NA00404162)

Subject(s)

• PILING (CIVIL ENGINEERING)

File(s)

• jiunkpe-ns-jou-2011-na00404162-23649-cpt-resource1.pdf