Horizontal Plate Loading test on chalk
Horizontal Plate Loading test on chalk
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I am trying to work out allowable bearing pressures from a plate load test, which I know is possible. The data is old (1967) and all I have is the graph attached.
Is this possible?
x-axis = settlement (inches)
y-axis = Load (tons)
Is this possible?
x-axis = settlement (inches)
y-axis = Load (tons)





RE: Horizontal Plate Loading test on chalk
RE: Horizontal Plate Loading test on chalk
I suspect thousands of an inch.
What was the connection between surface load and plate? Wood? Steel? The elastic properties of that post? How deep into the chalk was the plate? Bottom of a drilled hole?
I'd skip the idea of using it due to too many unknowns.
If another test is to be run, you need to do at least two tests at different plate dimensions to get some idea of projecting that data to full scale footings.