Numerical Simulation of Compression Loaded Small-Diameter Defective and Intact Bored Piles

Eliza Alejandra Rios Villarreal; Paulo Jose Rocha Albuquerque; Jean Rodrigo Garcia; Osvaldo de Freitas Neto

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Numerical Simulation of Compression Loaded Small-Diameter Defective and Intact Bored Piles

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Eliza Alejandra Rios Villarreal¹^{, *}, Paulo Jose Rocha Albuquerque², Jean Rodrigo Garcia³, Osvaldo de Freitas Neto⁴

¹Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, México

²School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Design, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

³School of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Uberlandia - UFU, Uberlandia, MG, Brazil

⁴Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil

^*Corresponding author. Email: eliza.rios.villa@gmail.com

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Eliza Alejandra Rios Villarreal

Available Online 7 December 2025.

DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-900-1_32 How to use a DOI?
Keywords: Load Test; FEM; Bored Pile; Defective pile
Abstract: Load tests are the most suitable method for assessing foundation behavior, but their cost can be prohibitive. To address this, an experimental and numerical investigation was conducted to evaluate the performance of intact and defective bored piles. The studies were carried out at the University of Campinas’ Experimental Field II - UNICAMP, Brazil. Two bored piles (intact and defective) with a length of 5 m and a small diameter of 0.25 m were constructed. The strain gauges were installed at the top and bottom of each pile. The experimental results were compared to a numerical analysis using the LCPC Cesar v.4.07 finite element software. The results showed significant agreement with minor discrepancies between the numerically predicted pile capacity and the in-situ measurements. This paper presents a comparison between the previously obtained results and those from Rocscience’s RS3 v.4.034 software to evaluate its performance and the agreement between experimental results and the numerical analyses.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the Rocscience International Conference 2025 (RIC 2025)
Series: Atlantis Highlights in Engineering
Publication Date: 7 December 2025
ISBN: 978-94-6463-900-1
ISSN: 2589-4943
DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-900-1_32 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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