Research Article
Influence of Load Test Scale on Prediction of Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Aggregate Pier Reinforced Clay
Table 1
Range of field and laboratory load test conditions.
| Load test | su (kPa) | ar (%) | dp (m) | Lp (m) | Sr | qult (kPa) |
| Field | Min | 12.0 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 177.0 | Max | 100.0 | 122.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 26.7 | 1346.0 | Mean | 47.1 | 72.4 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 8.3 | 745.7 | COV (%) | 43.1 | 46.9 | 22.1 | 64.6 | 89.0 | 43.6 |
| Laboratory | Min | 5.0 | 4.0 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 53.5 | Max | 35.0 | 100.0 | 0.10 | 0.6 | 16.0 | 1087.1 | Mean | 14.7 | 35.6 | 0.05 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 299.4 | COV (%) | 65.1 | 95.0 | 42.05 | 31.7 | 35.9 | 97.0 |
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