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Loading Test
Utilizing The Osterberg Cell for Loading test instead of Conventional
Static Loading Test
Osterberg
Cell
Ground Level
P=F+Q
Ground Level
Pile
F Expanding
Pile F
O Cell at the
Q bottom of
Reaction System the pile
at the top of pile
Q
Q Fig.
12/12/2016
1
Alaa Mohamed Metwally 5
2. Static load testing using O Cell
• A Conventional test loads the bored pile in compression, at its tip, using an
overhead reaction system or dead load, side shear F and end bearing Q combine
to resist the top load P and Engineer can only separate this components
approximately by analysis of strain and compression measurements together
with modulus estimates.
• The O Cell also loads the pile in compression, but from its bottom. As the O Cell
expands, the end bearing Q provides reaction for the side shear F. and vice versa.
Until reaching the capacity of one of the two component or the O Cell reaches its
capacity. The vantage point here is that the test separate the side shear and end
bearing components.
• The O Cell test load placed at, or near, the bottom of the pile has twice testing
effectiveness of that same load placed at the top in a conventional test.
(mm)
-5 0 10 20 30
-10
-15
-20
35.7 Sand and -25
19.2 Load (MN)
gravel
Purpose: To determine bearing capacity of the drilled shaft supporting a
bridge pier.
18.9
Method: Shafts drilled with polymer drilling slurry, 1.9 O.D. casing set on
top of shale and 1.8 m hole drilled 5.8 m into shale 864mm load cell with 1.7
m diameter plate welded to bottom lowered into the hole. Pumped
concrete placed to design top elevation of shaft.
5.8 shell Results: Load reaches capacity of device at 34.56 mm downward and 7.62
mm upward movement, the ultimate capacity was greater than 54 MN.
10 -4
5 -6
Movement (mm)
0 -8
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
-5 -10
-10 -12
-15 -14
-20 -16
-25 -18
Load (MN) Load (MN)