Comparison between Ultimate Pile Capacity of Bored Piles Determine Using Analytical method, Numerical Method and Pile Load Test At Puncak Alam, Project UiTM

• Main Author: Wong , Chun Wah
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/2960/1/0001.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/2960/

The pile head settlement, bearing capacity, resistance distribution (shaft resistance and end bearing) and integrity of the bored pile obtained through several pile load tests are always different from the theoretical value. The objective of this project is to compare various method of determining the ultimate bearing capacity (analytical method and numerical method) and to back calculate soil parameters based on pile load test results. Therefore, the results of this project will help on prevent pile failure in the future as pile failure is a very serious problem among the construction work. Though find out and modify the parameter that influent the test results, the bored pile design can be improved and be more accurate and thus save the construction cost. The parameters that affect the test pile results are soil condition, skin friction, pile length and etc. There are few data that need to be obtained in order to carry out this FYP, there are soil Investigation (S. I. ) results for the project, maintained load test (MLT) results, dynamic load test results (PDA) and also bored log of the pile. Besides, throughout the whole project, the author will work on finding out the ultimate pile bearing capacity, comparison between different types of bored pile design method that is widely applied in Malaysia. Key words: Ultimate pile bearing capacity, analytical method, numerical method, soil parameters, pile load test results.