ELASTIC SETTLEMENT

OF PILES
Total settlement
Elastic shortening of pile
Elastic settlement of pile due to load at pile tip
Elastic settlement of pile due to load transmitted at the pile shaft
 The allowable working load on a prestressed concrete pile 21
m long that has been driven into sand is 502 kN. The pile is
octagonal in shape with D=0.356 m and Ap= 0.1045 m2, and
perimeter (p)= 1.168m. Skin resistance carries 350 kN of the
allowable load and point bearing carries the rest. Use
Ep=21x106 kN/m2, Es=25x103 kN/m2, μs=0.35 and ξ=0.62.
Determine the elastic settlement of the pile.
Solution:

Total elastic settlement = 3.53+15.45+0.15 = 19.13 mm