Geotechnical Pile Capacity - BOREHOLE (12m Embedment)

End of Borehole

Pile size =

250 mm Square RC Pile 12 m = 30 Assumed Limiting Qb = Ab 47.8803Nqtan= 51.83 kN

Pile penetration depth, D =

a) End-bearing Capacity, Qb Qb = 'oNq x Ab = 225.0 kN

where 'o = effective overburden pressure = 120 kPa SPT N = 50 Nq = Bearing capacity factor = 30 (Berezantzev 1961) Ab = base area of pile = 0.0625 mm2

b) Shaft Resistance, Qs

For cohesionless soil, Qs =

For loose sand, s = For dense sand, s =

fsAs

= (Ks'vtan)As = s'vAs 0.34 0.68

For cohesive soil, Qs = Saturated weight of soil, sat = Unit weight of water, w =
Layer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Soil Type SAND SAND SAND SAND SAND SAND SAND SAND SAND Depth (m) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

cuAs

( = 0.45) 20 kN/m3 10 kN/m3

As (m2) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

s 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.68 0.68

SPT-N 7 12 15 12 17 19 21 24 50

'v (kN/m2) 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

cu (kN/m2) Ave cu Qs (kN) Qs = 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 15.3 15.3 84.2 kN/pile

FOS for end-bearing = FOS for shaft resistance = Safe Load, Qa < Qb/FOS + Qs/FOS < 68 kN/pile

2 2

Geotechnical pile capacity =

68 kN/pile 68 kN/pile 12 m

Therefore, use design pile safe working load, Qa = Pile Embedment Depth, D =