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In this section e shall outline the design of a pile foundation for a typical
column of the building for which the seismic designs were carried out in
earlier chapters. f course in reality the design of pile foundations ill be carried
out for individual columns with the associated reductions in the pile lengths
and/or pile diameters to suit the design load on the column. Here we shall
only consider one typical column along the D line on the plan of the building.

Another premise that is made here is the requirement of the pile foundations.
It is assumed that the building will be located at 'Site A for economic and Psha Seismic Equation

operational reasons.

9.7.1 Configuration of the problem Review

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In Chapter 8, the EC 8 Part 5 provisions were used to determine the
liquefaction potential of 'Site A. The soil profile at this site as determined from
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borehole data is presented in Figure 9.15. Based on this it was determined
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that this site has: C oupling elements coupled walls
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A non-liquefiable clay crust of 2 m thickness close to ground.
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Liquefaction potential analysis confirms that a 10 m thick layer of loose Pile Negative Friction Eurocode
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sand underlying the clay layer is 'liquefiable' during the design earthquake
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Figure 9.15 Borehole data from Site A Elasticity
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Table 9.5 Loading on the foundation from the columns Structural Reliability
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Column C Column D Axial load 5978 kN 862 kN Shear load 826 kN 826 kN
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The above ground conditions at this site would necessitate the requirement Aluminium Structures Eurocode
of pile foundations. he pile foundations ould be required to pass through the Seismic Analysis Methods

loose sand layer and end bearing fully into the dense sand layer. Theory of Structures
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herefore the loading on the pile group is: Design vertical load NEd = 5978 kN Finite Element Method
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Design moment load MEd = 2505kNm Design horizontal, shear load VEd =
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pile group efficiency n = 70 per cent (conservatively).

Various other pile types can be considered for this application, such as
concrete bored piles, precast concrete driven piles or steel H-piles for
example.

9.7.3 Static pile design

The piles are required to be designed according the provisions of EC7. Here
the UK National Annex provisions are also taken into consideration.

9.7.3.1 Assumptions and simplifications

Assume pile density is equal to soil density.

Assume moment on group is carried by couple in piles.

Individual axial pile load, QA, is given by:

Ignore shaft friction from upper clay layer.

Assume pile is plugged and can develop full end bearing capacity.

9.7.4 Axial pile design

Use BS EN 1997 Design Approach DA-1.

Two combinations must be considered. In Combination 1, partial factors are

applied to the pile loading. In Combination 2, partial factors are applied to
components of the pile resistance. Note: refer to the UK National Annex for
appropriate partial factors for pile design.

9.7.4.1 Combination 1

Partial factor sets A1 + Ml + R1 apply.

From A1 adopt factor gG = 1.35. (Note: this is a simplification. Separate

factors apply to permanent and transient loads.)

For M1 all material factors gM = 1.

For R1 all resistance factors gR = 1.

Note: a model factor, Mp, is also required. From the UK National Annex the
model factor is 1.4 if the pile has been designed from soil test data alone. If
the pile capacity has been verified using a maintained load test the model
factor is 1.2.

BS EN 1997 is not prescriptive concerning the method of calculating the pile

capacity, only requiring that the ethod should be one that is verified against
pile load test data.

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