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Plate load tests can be used to directly estimate the settlement of a footing. The test involves applying incremental loads to a bearing plate placed on the ground surface and recording the settlement until failure or a maximum settlement is reached. Limitations include that consolidation settlements cannot be predicted and plate size may not represent prototype foundation size, particularly for sandy soils where scale effects are significant. The Housel technique uses results from two plate load tests of different sizes to determine coefficients that can then be used to estimate the allowable load for a given settlement of any sized foundation.
Plate load tests can be used to directly estimate the settlement of a footing. The test involves applying incremental loads to a bearing plate placed on the ground surface and recording the settlement until failure or a maximum settlement is reached. Limitations include that consolidation settlements cannot be predicted and plate size may not represent prototype foundation size, particularly for sandy soils where scale effects are significant. The Housel technique uses results from two plate load tests of different sizes to determine coefficients that can then be used to estimate the allowable load for a given settlement of any sized foundation.
Plate load tests can be used to directly estimate the settlement of a footing. The test involves applying incremental loads to a bearing plate placed on the ground surface and recording the settlement until failure or a maximum settlement is reached. Limitations include that consolidation settlements cannot be predicted and plate size may not represent prototype foundation size, particularly for sandy soils where scale effects are significant. The Housel technique uses results from two plate load tests of different sizes to determine coefficients that can then be used to estimate the allowable load for a given settlement of any sized foundation.
Plate load test can be used to directly estimate the settlement of the footing. performed using standard test procedures such as outlined in ASTM D 1194-94 Bearing plate , round or square, varying in size, from 30 to 60 cm and thickness of about 2.5 cm are employed for the test. Normally a plate of size 30 cm is used in sandy soils and a larger size in clay soils. A seating load of about 70 gm/cm2 is first applied and released after some time. A higher load is next placed on the plate and settlements are recorded by means of the dial gauges. Observations on every load increment shall be taken until the rate of settlement is less than 0.25 mm per hour. Load increments shall be approximately one-fifth of the estimated safe bearing capacity of the soil. The average of the settlements recorded by 2 or 3 dial gauges shall be taken as the settlement of the plate for each of the load increments. The test should continue until a total settlement of 2.5 cm or the settlement at which the soil fails, whichever is earlier, is obtained. After the load is released, the elastic rebound of the soil should be recorded. From the test results, a load-settlement curve should be plotted as shown in Fig. The allowable pressure on a prototype foundation for an assumed settlement may be found by making use of the following equations suggested by Terzaghi and Peck (1948) for square footings in granular soils. Square Foundations
B is in meters and settlement in mm
Limitations Since a load test is of short duration, consolidation settlements cannot be predicted. The test gives the value of immediate settlement only.
If the underlying soil is sandy in nature immediate
settlement may be taken as the total settlement.
If the soil is a clayey type, the immediate
settlement is only a fraction of the total settlement. Load tests, therefore, do not have much significance in clayey soils to determine allowable pressure on the basis of a settlement criterion. Plate load tests should be used with caution and the present practice is not to rely too much on this test. If the soil is not homogeneous to a great depth, plate load tests give very misleading results. . A plate load test is not recommended in soils which are not homogeneous at least to a depth equal to 1 ½ to 2 times the width of the prototype foundation.
Plate load tests should not be relied on to
determine the ultimate bearing capacity of sandy soils as the scale effect gives very misleading results. However, when the tests are carried on clay soils, the ultimate bearing capacity as determined by the test may be taken as equal to that of the foundation since the bearing capacity of clay is essentially independent of the footing size. Housel (1929) technique for determining load bearing capacity of shallow foundations on settlement consideration Procedure 1. Conduct two plate load tests with different plate sizes 2. Obtain Load settlement curve for each test 3. Obtain allowable load for allowable settlement from each test 4. Using following equation find value of m and n