A new pile driver and loading equipment used to drive and load piles in a centrifuge have been designed and manufactured successfully by the authors. The entire facility on model container is very light, and can be moved in an X-Y plane easily. With this facility, the piles can be driven or pushed into the soil in centrifuge flight at any position in the X-Y plane. The pile group can be driven into the soil one by one, and the load testing of the pile group can be performed without stopping the operation of the centrifuge.
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