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Fu
Pshaft W
Pbase
Tension Capacity
Tu - W = Pshaft,t < Pshaft,c Pshaft,t
Shear failure at pile shaft
Applications
Large Distributed Weight Low Weight Very Large Concentrated Weight
ug Group P Capacity
Pile Cap
Efficiency, e
Pile Cap
n = 5 x 5 = 25
Clay
Sand
Rock
B 8/16 C
n = # cols = 5
e = 1 - q (n-1)m + (m-1)n 90 mn q=
d=0.3
tan-1(d/s)
e = 0.645 m = # rows = 3
s = 0.75
Block Failure
Flexible Cap
Empirical Modification
PBL = BLcbNc + 2(B+L)Dcs
nPup
Block Failure
Flexible Cap
L = B = 5m
Capped Groups
Bc x Lc Rigid Cap
BxL
Efficiency increases
1.0
0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3
72 capped
72 free-standing
s/d 1 2 3 4
Shaft - bored
Generally minor component, e = 1
Pile Settlement
Definitions
Area Ratio, Ap RA = Ap / As Ap
Ep
As
Es
Floating Pile
% load at the base b = boCKCn
Ep
Es,n d h
Rigid Stratum
P = 1800 kN
b = boCKCbCn
Ep
Es,n d
Layered Soils
Ep
E1,n1
E2,n2
d
Es = 1 L
S Ei hi
P = 1800 kN
r = P.IoRKRbRn / Esd
Eb = 70 MPa
Movement Ratios
MR is ratio of settlement to PL/AE Focht (1967) - suggested in general : 0.5 < MR < 2 See Poulos and Davis Figs 5.23 and 5.24
r g Rs r p
Single pile settlement is computed for average working load per pile