Brom's method solution

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Homework 5.2
1 Group Pile Capacity

a) Determine ultimate capacity of single pile, Qult, using (FHWA) method

Find side resistance,
Layer 1 (0-15 ft), soft soil
Use Figure 9.18 to find pile cohesion, Ca
D=15 ft, b =1.5 ft, D/b=10, Cu=400 psf
Ca=0.41 ksf

Layer 2, medium stiff clay (15-60 ft),

Use Figure 9.19 (b) to find = 0.725
D=45 ft, b = 1.5 ft
D/b = 30, Cu=1200 psf
0.725 1200 0.87
 Total Side Resistance, Qs
∑ 0.41 1.5 4 15 0.87 1.5 4 45
271.8
Determine Toe Resistance, Qt

1200 9 1.5 1.5

24.3
Total Single Pile Capacity,
271.8 24.3 296.1

b) Determine Pile group efficiency,

S1=5 ft, S2=6 ft, Saverage = 5.5 ft
b=1.5 ft
3b=4.5 ft <Saverage < 6b=9 ft,
5.5 4.5
∗ 1 0.7 0.7 0.767
9 4.5
Thus,

0.767 6 296.1
1362.65
c) Check with Block Failure
B=6+1.5= 7.5 ft, Z=5+5+1.5 = 11.5 ft, D1=15 ft, D2=45 ft
15 45 7.5
5 1 1 9→5 1 1 14.70 9
5 5 5 7.5 5 11.5
9
Determine the ultimate capacity of the pile group,
∑
2 7.5 11.5 15 400 2 7.5 11.5 45 1200 9
11.5 7.5 1200
2280 931.5 3211.5

1362.65 3211.5

Block failure will not be the failure mechanism, the ultimate group capacity is 1362.65 .
2. Pile Group Settlement

As shown from problem 4.4.1, toe resistance/ side resistance = 24.3/271.8 = 8.9%. So the piles
are considered as friction piles. Figure 9.62 b) should be chosen for the settlement calculations.
Divide the soil profile under the assumed loading plane into layers of 10 ft. thick as shown in the
following figure.

The settlement of each layer is calculated using the following equation (p + po < pc ),

Depth of mid 
po   Area  p  p / po  p + po  pc   Settlement
layer 
ft  psf  ft2  psf  psf  psf  foot 
45  2442  1186.25  843.0  0.35  3285.0 < pc  4000  0.004545 
55  3018  1976.25  506.0  0.17  3524.0 < pc  4000  0.002376 
65  3594  2966.25  337.1  0.09<0.1 3931.1 < pc  4000  0.001374 
75  4170  4156.25  240.6  0.06 
Sum  0.008296 
(inch)  0.099549 
Calculation stops at the third layer as p / po <10%. 1 inch