Model Test Study on the Effect of Vertical Lode on Horizontal Bearing Capacity of Disk Pile

Abstract

In order to study how it influence the horizontal bearing capacity of the disk pile when there exists a vertical load, a group of model tests has been designed. Three double-disk piles were used in the test, and the distance of the two disks is 5 times as the disk diameter. First drew a vertical load V=200N/300N/400N on the top of pile1/2/3 respectively, then put on the horizontal load stage by stage. And by the test, we can study the differences of the pile bearing properties such as changes in the pile bending moment, the horizontal and vertical deformation on the top. Experiment showed that when the vertical load is quite small（V=200N、300N）, the existence of vertical load has little to do with horizontal bearing capacity. When a vertical load increases to a certain value（V=400N）, The maximum bending moment and horizontal displacement of the pile under the same horizontal load reduce, which indicates that the disks of the pile play a significant role in bearing combined loading.