Research Article

Ultimate Capacity Analysis and Determination of the Position of Failure Surface for Uplift Piles

Table 3

Comparison of uplift capacity calculated using different methods and field test result.

ParametersGross uplift capacity (kN)

Diameter (m)1.2Ismael and Klym full-scale test888.8
Length (m)6.4Chattopadhyay method [14]968.8
Internal friction angle (Deg.)34Shanker method [4]714.3
Pile-soil friction angle (Deg.)27Truncated method [17]463.2
Unit weight (kN/m3)11Meyerhof method [12]325.1
Proposed method935.2