Results of a Simple Pile Loading Test Using Human Power and Numerical Simulation of the Results

Abstract

In this paper, we present a simple pile loading test aimed at estimating pile-head springs using human power. The proposed method involves evaluating a pile-head spring by analyzing the ratio of pile-head displacement to hammer load on the pile within the frequency domain. To validate our approach, we conducted a comparative analysis between the proposed method, a conventional static loading test and numerical simulations employing the axisymmetric finite element method. Our findings affirm the consistency of the proposed method with established approaches. We conducted these validations across a variety of pile types at 6 distinct sites.