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Session V
In-situ Load Test of High Capacity Micropiles foundation on mountain ground
1. Introduction
In general, the caisson type pile method is used on the mountain ground. The caisson type pile has
the problem in construction such as needing the installation of the digging machine on a narrow site.
Moreover, there is a problem in the environmental, which should be dispose of the dug gravel etc.,
too.
On the other hand, the High Capacity Micropiles method is known generically of the
cast-in-place pile of 300mm or less. The construction machine of the High
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specification
The high strength steel pipe (API-N80) Outside diameter
=177.8mm,
Thickness =12.7mm, Standard length =1,500mm,
Yield Strength =550N/mm2, Elasticity coefficient =2.0105N/mm2,
Yield Strength =490N/mm2(SD490) Calling diameter=51mm(D51),
Elasticity coefficient =2.0105N/mm2,
Cement cement water ratio W/C=50% , High-early-strength
portland cement, Design Strength=30N/mm2, Elasticity coefficient
=1.36104/mm2result of test
Drilling diameter 205mm, Bond length=4000 (vertical pile),4061
(batter pile),
as a foundation pile in
the mountain ground. We
are researching for High
Deformed
bar
Grouting
HMP)
which
Bond of
HMP
uses the high strength steel pipe, the deformed bar, and the grout material. We
1250
50/4
50/4
mudstone
50/4
50/0
50/2
50/0
4000
8000
crushed
mudstone
mudstone
crushed mudstone
50/0
4000
50/8
50/10
2326
weathering
mudstone
4000
50/8
1674
50/16
500
500
900
(5D)
4000
50/17
very weathering
D
mudstone
8000
300
295
311
500
250
6000
9000
1500
2500
1356
1000
N Value
0
bearing
stratum
aTest pile
(batter pile 10 )
bTest pile
(vertical pile)
mudstone
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The material of HMP is shown in Table1. The load test of HMP was done in the bedrock ground on
the Nakaissiki bridge construction site in the second Toumei expressway of Japan Highway Public
Corporation. After the load test of HMP, caisson type pile of 13.5m in diameter and 16.5m in depth
will be constructed in the place. Therefore, there is no problem even if HMP is dug up. The outline
of geological column and the test pile of HMP are shown in Figure1. The stratum up to -1.17m in the
underground is weathering mudstone like the sand of the clay mixing. As for the stratum from
-1.17m in the underground to -2.8m, weathering becomes weak more than stratums located up.
However, it is weak mudstone, which has a lot of crack, and becomes crushed gravel easily. The rock
from -2.8m in the underground to -5.6m is fresh. However, there are some cracks. The stratum at
500
500
deeper position than -5.6m in the underground is fresh mudstone with little weathering.
500
500
500
500
Section
2000
500
Deformed bar,
8500
8500
Grouting
Section
Section
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Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
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Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
750
Section
Section
1000
2000
500
Section
700
Section
200
Section
4.0m
1500
Bond length
1000
Section
Section
Section
1300
700
Section
Section
200
700
Section
4.0m
400
Section
Bond length
550
Section
Section
Section
Figure2Test Piles
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Displacement(mm)
20
40
Ultimate bearing capacity
4100kN
60
80
100
1000
Axis force(kN)
2000 3000 4000
5000
0
1
Depth()
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
6000
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
5000
4000
ultimate
bearing
capacity
3000
2000
yield
bearing
capacity
1000
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
Relative displacement (mm)
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Displacement(mm)
100
80
60
40
20
up
0
down
- 20
- 40
- 2000
- 1000Push
Pull
1000
2000
Load(kN)
S
k
infric
tio
ns
tre
s
s
(k
N
/m )
2500
Section
Section
Section
Section
2000
Section
Section
Section
Section
1500
yield
bearing
capacity
1000
500
0
0
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pulling out is shown in Figure7. Skin friction stress increases in - section and - section
while the amount of relative displacement is large, and skin friction stress has decreased in -
section and - section when it is pulling yield bearing capacity in Figure7. It is understood that
the bearing capacity has moved from the upper part of bond of HMP to pile toe when the paling is
pulled out.
Surroun
dings
(cm)
-----
Diamete
r (cm)
93
29.6
94
29.9
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4.3Alternating Lateral Loading Test & Alternating Lateral Loading Test for a couple of batter piles
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1600
Vertical pile
1400
Batter piles 10
Lateral load(kN)
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
0
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