plate load test
plate load test
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hello!
please in performing a plate load test, what is the most important parameter we look out for to report on?
How important is the modulus of subgrade reaction?
How much does the time taken for a particular test say about the test.
thank you in advance.
Brendan
please in performing a plate load test, what is the most important parameter we look out for to report on?
How important is the modulus of subgrade reaction?
How much does the time taken for a particular test say about the test.
thank you in advance.
Brendan





RE: plate load test
RE: plate load test
I am working with a plate size of 600 mm and the test is to determine the bearing pressure for thermal power plant.
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Case history: In India, on the Calcutta clay plain, a structural engineer asked for a plate load test for a 10 m high retaining wall (RE wall). He got a very high strength - because the plate test was done is a 2 m old fill - he felt that something like 400 kPa would be a safe bearing pressure - hence he would build the wall without any ground treatment (that we had done at something like 20 other such locations in the general area). However, under this 2 to 3 m fill was 6 m of clay having an SPT value in the range of 1 to 3; under that was a clay with an SPT value in the order of 15 (reasonable). Had the retaining wall been constructed it would have undoubtedly failed. We dished the plate load test results and put in wick drains. Had 400 mm of settlement under a 4 m high stage load.
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What size of plate do you use in India?
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BigH showed why!
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