Simulation between in-situ pile load test and numerical analysis of large diameter bored pile in Port Said east port-Egypt

Abstract EN

At the end of 2015, Suez Canal Authority and Ministry of defense planned the construction of a new container terminal at east of Port Said port.

The project comprises the construction of approximately 2.5 KM of new quay wall fully equipped to accommodate large container vessels.

large diameter bored piles (~72 m in length and 1.20 m in diameter) were used to transmit the load to the soil safely.

According to several international codes and foundation design standards, field loading tests are the most effective way to evaluate the pile's bearing load capacity.

However, loading until failure is hard to achieve.

In this paper, numerical analysis using (PLAXIS 2D, V8.2) was carrying out to simulate load-displacement curve of load test for large diameter bored piles at the location of Port Said East Port, Egypt, as well as, (All Pile, V.6) which is relied on (p-y) analysis curve.

Avery good match was observed between numerical analysis using PLAXIS and the pile load tests in loading-unloading cycles along the pile shaft and the percentage of compatibility is about 95% .

In contrast to PLAXIS, there are a significant difference between the results of All pile program and pile load test and the percentage of match is approximately 75% .