The simulation is carried out for a single pil e with vertical load at pile top, so as to evaluate the settlement of the pile in residual soils.
This paper presents a FEM model for simulating these field vertical load tests on large diameter piles embedded in residual soils using PLAXIS 2D. Full scale vertical loaded pile tests have been carried out on 1.2m diameter bored cast in-situ piles in residual soils.
