A proposed highway bridge will be supported by 180 piles, each about 18 m long. The design load per pile is greater than 1000 kN. The soil conditions are neither unusually good, nor unusually bad, and you have limited experience with other pile foundations in the area. Based on this limited information, determine the number of pile load tests required for this project. State the main objectives of pile load tests.

A proposed highway bridge will be supported by 180 piles, each about 18 m long. The design load per pile is greater than 1000 kN. The soil conditions are neither unusually good, nor unusually bad, and you have limited experience with other pile foundations in the area. Based on this limited information, determine the number of pile load tests required for this project. State the main objectives of pile load tests.

Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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