Assignment 1 (Submission date: 4-oct -13)

1)A concrete pile of 45 cm diameter was driven into sand of loose to medium density to a depth of 15m. The following properties are known:
(a) Average unit weight of soil along the length of the pile, y = 17.5 kN/m3 , average = 30,
(b) average Ks = 1.0 and = 0.750.
Calculate (a) the ultimate bearing capacity of the pile, and (b) the allowable load with
Fs = 2.5. Assume the water table is at great depth.

2) Assume in Ex. 15.1 that the water table is at the ground surface and y = 18.5 kN/m3. All the other data remain the same. Calculate Qu
and Qa.
3) A concrete pile of 45 cm diameter is driven to a depth of 16 m through a layered system of sandy soil (c = 0). The following data are
available.
Top layer 1: Thickness = 8 m, yd = 16.5 kN/m3, e = 0.60 and 0 = 30.
Layer 2: Thickness = 6 m, yd = 15.5 kN/m3, e - 0.65 and 0 = 35.
Layer 3: Extends to a great depth, yd = 16.00 kN/m3, e = 0.65 and 0 = 38.
Assume that the value of <5in all the layers of sand is equal to 0.750. The value of KS for each layer as equal to half of the passive earth
pressure coefficient. The water table is at ground level. Calculate the values of Qu and Qa with Fs = 2.5
4) A group of 9 piles with 3 piles in a row was driven into a soft clay extending from ground level to a great depth. The diameter and the length of the
piles were 30 cm and 10m respectively. The unconfmed compressive strength of the clay is 70 kPa. If the piles were placed 90 cm center to
center, compute the allowable load on the pile group on the basis of a shear failure criterion for a factor of safety of 2.5.
5) A square pile group shown in Fig.1 passes through a recently constructed fill. The depth of fill Ln - 3 m. The diameter of the pile is 30 cm
and the piles are spaced 90 cm center to center. If the soil is cohesive with qu = 60 kN/m2, and y= 15 kN/m3, compute the negative frictional
load on the pile group.

6) A group of 9 piles with 3 piles in a row was driven into a soft clay extending from ground level to a great depth. The diameter and the length of the
piles were 30 cm and 10m respectively. The unconfmed compressive strength of the clay is 70 kPa. If the piles were placed 90 cm center to
center, compute the allowable load on the pile group on the basis of a shear failure criterion for a factor of safety of 2.5.

7) Write a short note on the construction methods of drilled piles.