Preparation of an international pile dynamic testing prediction event

摘要

An international prediction event could be carried out on the basis of an extensive pile testing program organized in Belgium. Five units of six pile types were installed, allowing various testing methods to be applied: instrumented static load tests carried up to failure, Statnamic testing, and dynamic testing. This paper provides the project background information that was required to prepare the prediction event. The pile types are fully described while the results of the extensive soil investigation program are summarized. A companion paper reports on the received predictions and results obtained from the static pile load tests.