Time Effect of Bearing Capacity of Driven Pile in Saturated Soft Soil

In order to study the time effect on the bearing capacity of single driven pile, experiment of pile foundation in Da Gang power plant was conducted. Experiments of models with different scales of steel tube piles and concrete piles have been carried out with various time, various loading program. Based on the results of the experiments views on the behaviors of time effect of single pile in saturated soft soil and sugestions for determining the bearing capacity of pile with consideration of time effect are presented.