ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BEARING CAPACITY AND DIAMETER OF PILES IN SANDS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

Load testing of instrumented piles 73-325 mm in diameter driven in sands have been carried out. The portion of the load carried by the point and by the shaft was measured during pile loading. The relationship between the bearing capacity and diameter of piles was determined. This permits the bearing capacity of production piles to be accurately estimated by the tests of small diameter sectional steel piles driven to the predetermined depth. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (Author/TRRL)