Special Topic Piles Load and Non Destructive Test

Special Topic Piles Load and Non Destructive Test 

Bujang B.K. Huat, Shukri Maail Azlan A. Aziz 

After the piles have been installed inside the ground, a number of these piles would be selected for testing. Pile needs to be tested, as its capacity could not be ascertained just by design and construction processes only. The condition and strength of soil need also to be taken into account. In difficult sites, the possibUity of piles being damaged or having defects can only be determined from the load test. 

The main objectives of performing the test can be listed as follows  

To prove that the pile will not fail at working load. 

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