SPLT에 의한 말뚝설계와 Meyerhof공식의 신뢰성 연구 ( A study on the pile design by SPLT and reliability of Meyerhof`s equations )

The reliable estimation of pile bearing capacity is difficult since a large variation exists among the variously proposed design method. In order to improve the design, reliable estimation of pile bearing capacity is essential. The only way of determing the reliable pile bearing capacity is to perform the pile loading test, but the time and money consuming procedures of conventional pile loading test prevents utilization. In this paper, a new pile loading test tecnique (SPLT, Simple Pile loading Test) is introduced. By analysing the test results the reliability of the Meyerhof's equations, which are the most widely used method of estimation, is studied.