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VERTICALLY LOADED PILES, CARRYING CAPACITY ANALYSIS

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D = 1.5 m
P = 900 kN
L=6m w.t. = -8 m-6
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6m long ⊡ pile
1.5m x 1.5m
Drained Analysis

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Details 1
Soil Details
g 18.0 kN/m³ Unit weight of soil (gamma)

c' (or su) 17.0 kN/m² For undrained soils use phi' = 0

f 20.0 deg Angle of friction (phi')

a 0.5 Adhesion Factor

d 0.0 deg Angle of friction between pile and soil

Water Table 8.0 m Depth to Water Table

Pile Details
Shape ⊡ ⊡ =Square, ⊙ =Circular

Diameter 1.50 m Diameter of pile

Toe Depth 6.00 m Depth to base of pile

Load 900.0 kN Applied load - includes weight of pile

Safety Factors
Base 2.0

Shaft 3.0 SF = 2.5

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Pile Capacity 2

Bearing Capacity Factors

Nq= 5.81
Nc= 9.00
D/L= 4.00

Overburden stress
sigma_b= 108.00 (at Base)
sigma_s= 54.00 (average for Shaft)

Base Bearing Capacity

qu=suNc (for undrained analysis)
qu=cNc+sigma_b*Nq (for drained analysis)

Base (Ab) = 2.25 m²

qu = 780.18 kN/m²
Qb=qu*Ab Qb= 1755.40 kN Base Resistance

Shaft skin friction

fs=alpha.su (for undrained analysis)
fs=c'+Ks.sigma_s.tan(delta) (for drained analysis)

Shaft (As) = 36.00 m²

fs= 17.00 kN/m²
Qs=fs*As Qs= 612.00 kN Shaft Resistance

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Analysis Results 3

Vertical Load
P= 900.0 kN
Ks = 1-sin f
Ks = 0.7 Coefficient of Earth Pressure

Base Resistance
Qb = 1755.4 kN

Shaft Resistance
Qs = 612.0 kN

Total ultimate resistance

Qu = Qb + Qs
Qu = 2367.4 kN

Allowable Load
Qa =Qb/SFbase+Qs/SFsaft
Qa = 1081.7 kN

Overall factor of safety

Qu / P = 2.63

OK Actual Load <= Allowable Load

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