Model Test and Numerical Simulation of the Mudcake Thickness Effect on the Bearing Capacity of Vertically Loaded Single Piles

Table 2

Bearing capacity of the single pile with mudcake and its percentage accounting for that without mudcake.

Mudcake thickness (mm)		0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0
2.5 mm	Bearing capacity (kN)	5.85	5.63	4.42	3.95	3.63
	Percentage (%)	100	96	76	67	62
3.0 mm	Bearing capacity (kN)	6.31	6.17	5.13	4.48	4.25
	Percentage (%)	100	98	81	71	67
3.5 mm	Bearing capacity (kN)	6.64	6.51	5.62	5.02	4.79
	Percentage (%)	100	98	85	75	72