PILE-1 APPLICATION

1. INTRODUCTION
foundationPro was developed to promote education of foundation engineering in civil engineering and
construction. Currently, foundationPro version 1 consists of six projects/applications in the

shallow foundation, pile foundation, drilled shaft foundation, and retaining wall foundation
areas. The projects/applications are listed as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Shallow-1: Shallow Foundation on Homogeneous Soil

Pile-1: Axial Capacity of Single Pile in Soil project
Pile-2: Axial Capacity of Single Pile in Rock
Shaft-1: Axial Capacity of Drilled Shaft in Soil
Shaft-2: Axial Capacity of Drilled Shaft in Rock
MSE Wall-1: Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall with Reinforcing Strips

2. TERMS OF USE
foundationPro can be used on any Microsoft Windows operated system (Microsoft Windows 95 or later).
The program can be freely installed and used with no restrictions or limitations.

3. QUICK START
3.1. FOUNDATIONPRO OVERVIEW
After installing the foundationPro and clicking on the program icon which can be found on the desktop or
main menu>programs; the following Main Screen of foundationPro software will pop up:

Below is the main Toolbox (F3 to show the Toolbox if not loaded) of foundationPro which can be used to
launch any of the foundationPro projects/applications:

Details of Toolbox:

Shallow-1 Application: Shallow Foundation on homogeneous soil

Pile-1 Application: Axial Capacity of Single Pile in Soil

Pile-2 Application: Axial Capacity of Single Pile in Rock

Shaft-1 Application: Axial Capacity of Drilled Shaft in Soil

Shaft-2 Application: Axial Capacity of Drilled Shaft in Rock

MSE Wall-1 Application: Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall with Reinforcing Strips

3.2. PROJECTS/APPLICATIONS OVERVIEW

In any of the foundationPro projects/applications, the user should go through three main stages:
Stage 1 Create Input File (data input) which can be completed through the user-friendly interface
wizard.
Stage 2 Checking the input, Saving Input File, and Running the Analysis
Stage 3 Viewing the output results and charts

Also, the following toolbox is available for the user in any of the foundationPro projects/applications:

Details and shortcut keys of the toolbox:

Create New File (Ctrl + N)

Open Saved File (Ctrl + O)

Save (Ctrl + S)

Previous Tab (F7)

Next Tab (F6)

Run Analysis (F5)

Send to Excel (Ctrl + X)

Chart Settings (F2)

Copy chart (Ctrl + C)

Print (Ctrl + P)

Help (F1)

Exit

4. Pile-1 Application: Axial Capacity of Single Pile in Soil

Click this icon

from the main Toolbox to open the Pile foundation application

The following screen will pop up which consists of a toolbox and several tabs:
Toolbox
Tabs

Stage 1 Create Input File (data input) which can be completed through the user-friendly interface
wizard. This includes completing the following tabs:

General tab
Pile Information tab
Soil Properties tab
Analysis Method tab

The General tab includes general information about the user/project and other notes (this
information is optional)

 Select type of units to be used in the project

Type Factor of Safety (FS)

Move on to the Pile Information Tab

Select the Pile Shape

Type Pile diameter and Length and choose number of Data points

 Type required information for Elastic Settlement Calculations

Move on to the Soil properties Tab

Select number of soil layers

Type the required information to define depth and properties of each soil layer

Some typical values are summarized below:

Soilfrictionangle
(deg)
2735
3040
3545
3438
2635

SoilType
Loosesand
Mediumsand
Densesand
Gravelwithsomesand
Silts

Consistency
Verysoftclay
SofttoMediumclay
Stiffclay
VeryStiffclay

SoilType
Softclay
Hardclay
Loosesand
Densesand

Undrained,cu
(kN/m2)
(lb/ft2)
<12.5
250
12.540
250850
4075
8501,550
75200
1,5504,200

ElasticModulus
(kN/m )
(lb/in2)
1,8003,500
250500
6,00014,000
8502000
10,00028,000
1,5004000
35,00070,000
5,00010000

SoilType
Loosesand
Mediumsand
Densesand
Siltsand
Softclay
Mediumclay

Poissonsratio,s
0.20.4
0.250.4
0.30.45
0.20.4
0.150.25
0.20.5

 Move on to the Analysis Methods Tab

Select the required methods to be used for estimating the pile skin friction in sand and clay and
Type the additional required information

 Select the required methods to be used for estimating the end bearing of pile in clay and sand

Stage 2 Checking the input, Saving Input File, and Running the Analysis
Click
icon from the toolbox to save the file. The program will give the file .FPR extension.
Before saving the file, the program will check the input and will not save until all the input data
are correct. The program will give warning message if any of the fields are incorrect so that the
use can easily correct it.

Click
on the toolbox to Run Analysis or F5. The program will perform the analysis and will
enable the OUTPUT tab to view the output results.

Stage 3 Viewing the output results and charts

Now you can view the output results in the OUTPUT tab

The user can view the results from the two tabs on the bottom of the Screen (OUTPUT tab)

Click on RESULTS tab

The user can view the results and send all results to Microsoft Excel by Clicking on view on main menu
or toolbox or Right click on table or use the shortcut key (Ctrl + X)

Click on CHARTS tab

 Select type of Design Chart

Click
icon or Right click on chart gives same Option to copy chart and paste it in any
other applications such as Microsoft Word. Also, the use can change the settings of the chart by
clicking on Chart Settings.