Bearing capacity of single piles according to 1st limit state (drilled piles built

into soil)

Uvd = Ubd + Ufd  Vd

Uvd …. vertical pile load capacity

Ubd …..load capacity due to end bearing at the base (tip) of the pile
Ufd ….. skin friction (shaft friction, side shear)
Vd ……vertical loading on pile head

End bearing load capacity

Ubd = k1.As.Rd

As …. the surface of pile base

Rd …..bearing capacity of pile base (in soils)

h 
i 1
i i

Rd = 1,2.cd.Nc + (1+sind) . n .L . Nd + 0,7d.d/2.Nb

h
i 1
i

Nc, Nd, Nb see Brinch-Hansen

Design values of soil parametres

n
γd = , γmγ = 1,0
 m
n
φd = , γmφ = 1,4 pro φ > 12o nebo γmφ = 1,5 pro φ ≤ 12o
 m
cn
cd = , γmc = 2
 mc

k1 . . . additional coefficient (depends on length)

for L ≤ 2m k1 = 1
2<L≤4 k1 = 1,05
4<L≤6 k1 = 1,1
L>6 k1 = 1,15

Skin friction load capacity

in
Ufd = u h
i 1
i i f si

ui . . . pile circumference
hi . . . thickness of single layers
fsi . . . shaft friction

  di  c di
fsi =  xi tg   
  r1   r 2
σxi = k2.σori

σori . . . original (geostatical) stress at the depth „z“ (in the middle of each layers)

k2 . . . coefficient of lateral earth pressure

for z ≤ 10m k2 = 1
z > 10m k2 = 1,2

γr1 . . . coefficient due to technology of piling

γr1 = 1 concreting without casing pipe

γr1 = 1, 1 concreting without casing pipe into dry hole (non-cohesive and semi-rock)
γr1 = 1, 25 concreting into the hole under bentonite slurry; PVC, PE sheeting
thickness < 0,25mm
γr1 = 1, 5 concreting with steel casing pipe, pile concreting into the hole, sheeting PVC, PE
thickness over 0,25mm;
γr1 = 1, 6 concreting of pile into the bore under bentonite suspension with foil PVC, PE;
concreting of pile with  d >2m with bentonite slurry

γr2 . . . additional coefficient

for z ≤ 1m γr2 = 1,3

1<z≤2 γr2 = 1,2
2<z≤3 γr2 = 1,1
z>3 γr2 = 1,0
Note.:

The pile length L at the calculation of skin friction can be reduced (due to Caquot-Kérisel
d
theory) about Lp = Nd2/3
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