IS 2911 Part 4 : 2013

What this standard covers

This standard (Part 4) covers the load test on all types of piles coveredin IS 2911 (Part 1/Sec 1), IS 2911 (Part 1/Sec 2), IS 2911 (Part 1/Sec 3), IS 2911 (Part 1/ Sec 4), IS 2911(Part 2) and IS 2911 (Part 3) and provides guidelines for determination of safe load based on the following types of loadings: a) Vertical load test (compression), b) Lateral load test, and c) Pull-out test. 1.1.1...

Scope, quoted from IS 2911 (Part 4) : 2013. Read the full standard

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

• 5.1 Initial Test
• 5.2 Routine Test
• 7.1 General
• 7.1.1 Preparation of Pile Head
• 7.1.3 Reaction
• 7.1.4 Settlement (not Applicable to CRP Method)
• 7.2 Maintained Load Method
• 7.2.1 Duration of Vertical Loading
• 7.3 Cyclic Method
• 7.4 CRP Method

Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “TYPES OF TESTS”, “VERTICAL LOAD TEST (COMPRESSION)” in IS 2911 (Part 4) : 2013. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

• 4 NECESSARY INFORMATION
• 5 TYPES OF TESTS
• 6 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE
• 7 VERTICAL LOAD TEST (COMPRESSION)
• 8 LATERAL LOAD TEST ON PILES
• 9 PULL-OUT TEST ON PILES
• 10 RECORDING OF DATA AND PRESENTATION

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

• IS 2911 Part 4 : 2013 — current edition (last reviewed by BIS 2023-11-01)

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

Materials market

Also cited in the Materials Market rate library and SKU sheets.