Deep Foundations 1

• Chapter 13: Full Scale Load Tests 

• Chapter 14: Analytical Methods - Based
on Laboratory of In-Situ Test Data 
• Chapter 15: Dynamic Methods – Based
on the dynamics of Pile Driving or Wave
Propagation
• Chapter 16: Lateral Load Capacity
• Chapter 17: Synthesis of Deep
Foundation Design
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Deep Foundations-Axial Load
Capacity

• Full Scale Load Tests

• Analytical Methods - Based on
Laboratory or In-Situ Test Data
• Dynamic Methods – Based on the
dynamics of Pile Driving or Wave
Propagation
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Load Transfer
Two Mechanisms
Side Friction, Ps
(skin friction)

Toe-bearing Resistance, Pt
(point-bearing resistance,end
bearing resistance, tip
bearing resistance)
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Downward Load Capacity

Pult Pt  Ps  W f
Pa  
F F
Pult Pt  Ps
Pa  
F F

qt At   f s As
Pa 
F
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Upward Load Capacity

W f   f s As
( Pupward) a 
F

• D/B Ratio
• Buoyancy Effect
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Computing
Ae and As

 Soil plugging!
 When D/B is:
> 10-20 (clays)
> 25-35 (sands)
Table 12.1 (page 444)
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Factor of Safety (Piles)
Table 13.1
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Factor of Safety (Drilled Shafts)
Table 13.2
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Full Scale Static Load Tests 0
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Full Scale Static Load Tests
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Full Scale Static Load Tests
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Full Scale Static Load Tests
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Full Scale Static Load Tests
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Full Scale Static Load Tests
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Full Scale Static Load Tests
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Full Scale Load Tests
 Controlled Stress Tests
– Maintained Load Tests (ML Tests)
• Slow ML Tests (hold load for 1-2 hours)
• Quick ML Tests (hold load for 2.5-15 minutes)
 Controlled Strain Tests
– Constant Rate of Penetration Test
– Constant Settlement Increment Test
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Interpretation of Test Results
Davisson’s Method 19
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Use of
Strain
Gauges
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Osterberg
Load
Tests