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Reliability-Based Code Calibration for Axial Ultimate Bearing Capacities of Single Bored Piles in Taipei Basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2011

J. Y. Ching ,
H.-D. Lin  and
M.-T. Yen
J. Y. Ching*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, R.O.C.
H.-D. Lin*
Affiliation:
Department of Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 10607, R.O.C.
M.-T. Yen*
Affiliation:
Department of Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 10607, R.O.C.
*
*Associate Professor
**Professor
***Graduate student
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Abstract

In Taipei, many pile proof load tests were not conducted to failures but only to a multiple (e.g., 2) of the design load. This leads a difficulty of incomplete information: For these test results, the ultimate bearing capacities of the test piles are unknown. This paper addresses the issue of calibrating resistance factors of piles for the axial ultimate bearing capacities based on the incomplete information from these tests. A simplified probabilistic method is proposed to resolve this issue. A local pile test database of Taipei is presented, and the analysis results show that the inclusion of the incomplete pile load test data helps in calibrating the resistance factors. Moreover, it is found that the calibrated resistance factors for the axial ultimate bearing capacities are consistent to the safety factors that are adopted in the current Taiwan design code. This paper also addresses another important issue for the pile design in Taipei: the end bearing capacity in the sandstone layer is very uncertain. A maximum likelihood method is taken to identify the best estimate for this end bearing capacity. The conclusion of this paper may be useful for reliability-based designs for the axial ultimate bearing capacities of single bored piles in the Taipei region.

Keywords

PilesLoad testsReliability-based designResistance factorCode regulations.
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 389 - 400
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2009

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