Vertical Load Capacity of Recycled Plastic Pin in Clay Subjected to Field Load Test
Publication: Geo-Congress 2024
ABSTRACT
Construction of geotechnical structures over soft foundation soils is an incredibly challenging task due to the risk of bearing failure and excessive settlement of foundation soil. Recycled plastic pin (RPP) has been used as a noble approach to improve the problematic foundation soil by increasing the bearing capacity of the foundation. The objective of the study was to evaluate the vertical load bearing capacity of individual RPPs by conducting field load tests using plate load tester. In this study, vertical pile load tests were conducted on individual RPPs of two different sizes (10 cm by 10 cm and 15.24 cm by 15.24 cm), and six empirical methods were used to investigate the ultimate load bearing capacity of RPPs. Based on the load settlement behavior obtained by the field load test results, the vertical load bearing capacity of 10 cm RPP ranged from 30 to 45 kN (settlement of 1 to 1.6 cm). On the other hand, 15.24 cm RPP had vertical load bearing capacity of 89 to116 kN with corresponding settlement of 1.2 cm.
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Geo-Congress 2024
Pages: 155 - 165
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Published online: Feb 22, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Design (by type)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Field tests
- Foundation design
- Foundations
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Load bearing capacity
- Load factors
- Load tests
- Soft soils
- Soil dynamics
- Soil mechanics
- Soil settlement
- Soils (by type)
- Static loads
- Statics (mechanics)
- Structural design
- Tests (by type)
- Ultimate loads
- Vertical loads
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