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The Osterberg Cell Static Loading Test
The Osterberg Cell Static Loading Test
The Osterberg Cell Static Loading Test
Loading Test
Utilizing The Osterberg Cell for Loading test instead of Conventional
Static Loading Test
Osterberg
Cell
Ground Level
P=F+Q
Ground Level
Pile
F Expanding
Pile F
O Cell at the
Q bottom of
Reaction System the pile
at the top of pile
Q
Q Fig.
12/12/2016
1
Alaa Mohamed Metwally 5
2. Static load testing using O Cell
• A Conventional test loads the bored pile in compression, at its tip, using an
overhead reaction system or dead load, side shear F and end bearing Q combine
to resist the top load P and Engineer can only separate this components
approximately by analysis of strain and compression measurements together
with modulus estimates.
• The O Cell also loads the pile in compression, but from its bottom. As the O Cell
expands, the end bearing Q provides reaction for the side shear F. and vice versa.
Until reaching the capacity of one of the two component or the O Cell reaches its
capacity. The vantage point here is that the test separate the side shear and end
bearing components.
• The O Cell test load placed at, or near, the bottom of the pile has twice testing
effectiveness of that same load placed at the top in a conventional test.
(mm)
-5 0 10 20 30
-10
-15
-20
35.7 Sand and -25
19.2 Load (MN)
gravel
Purpose: To determine bearing capacity of the drilled shaft supporting a
bridge pier.
18.9
Method: Shafts drilled with polymer drilling slurry, 1.9 O.D. casing set on
top of shale and 1.8 m hole drilled 5.8 m into shale 864mm load cell with 1.7
m diameter plate welded to bottom lowered into the hole. Pumped
concrete placed to design top elevation of shaft.
5.8 shell Results: Load reaches capacity of device at 34.56 mm downward and 7.62
mm upward movement, the ultimate capacity was greater than 54 MN.
10 -4
5 -6
Movement (mm)
0 -8
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
-5 -10
-10 -12
-15 -14
-20 -16
-25 -18
Load (MN) Load (MN)