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First results of the lateral static load test on model piles Cover

First results of the lateral static load test on model piles

By: Michał Baca and  Jarosław Rybak  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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Figure 1

Layout of pile models, 0.8 m embedded in the soil in the box.
Layout of pile models, 0.8 m embedded in the soil in the box.

Figure 2

Pile measuring station.
Pile measuring station.

Figure 3

Loading of a pile.
Loading of a pile.

Figure 4

Chin transformed the chart and approximation curve in Q–s charts.
Chin transformed the chart and approximation curve in Q–s charts.

Figure 5

Brinch-Hansen transformed the chart and approximation curve in Q–s charts.
Brinch-Hansen transformed the chart and approximation curve in Q–s charts.

Figure 6

Decourt transformed the chart and approximation curve in Q–s charts.
Decourt transformed the chart and approximation curve in Q–s charts.

Figure 7

Results of static load tests for each pile.
Results of static load tests for each pile.

Figure 8

Brinch-Hansen approximation for reduced pile information.
Brinch-Hansen approximation for reduced pile information.

Figure 9

Error changes depending on the ratio of Q
                  max,i
                  /Q
                  ul,0 in individual methods.
Error changes depending on the ratio of Q max,i /Q ul,0 in individual methods.

Summary of approximation error analysis_

i Q max,i ChinDecourtBrinch-Hansen
Q ul,i Error Q max,i /Q ul,0 Q ul,i Error Q max,i /Q ul,0 Q ul,i Error Q max,i /Q ul,0
kNkN%%kN%%kN%%
01.442.950.048.92.970.048.52.010.071.7
−11.382.921.046.82.940.746.52.16−7.368.7
−21.402.920.947.52.950.647.22.11−4.969.7
−31.342.901.745.52.931.245.22.28−13.466.7
−41.362.901.646.22.941.045.82.24−11.467.7
−51.302.882.344.12.921.543.82.59−28.964.7
−61.322.901.744.82.940.944.52.34−16.365.7
−71.262.892.042.82.941.042.52.59−28.962.7
−81.282.901.543.42.950.543.12.45−21.963.7
−91.222.892.041.42.950.741.13.39−68.960.7
−101.242.920.842.12.98−0.441.82.44−21.761.7
−111.202.930.540.72.99−0.940.52.52−25.259.7
−121.222.98−1.041.43.03−2.341.11.6816.560.7
−131.162.99−1.639.43.06−3.139.11.0945.957.7
−141.182.99−1.640.13.06−3.339.81.0050.558.7
−151.122.940.238.03.02−1.937.81.886.355.7
−161.142.98−1.038.73.06−3.238.41.0149.756.7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2025-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2083-831X | Journal ISSN: 0137-6365
Language: English
Page range: 15 - 24
Submitted on: Jun 3, 2025
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Accepted on: Sep 3, 2025
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Published on: Dec 24, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Michał Baca, Jarosław Rybak, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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