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CALCULATION OF PILE CAPACITY:

Ru = Ultimate base resistance

= Ap ( 0.5 x D x x N + Pd x Nq ) + Ap x Nc x Cp

where
Ap
D

N
Pd

Nq
Nc
Cp

=
=
=
=
=
=

=
=
=

Crossectional area of base of pile


Pile Diameter in cm
3
Effective unit weight of soil at pile tip in kg/cm
angle of internal friction
Bearing Capacity factor
Effective overburden pressure at pile tip limited to
20 times diameter of pile for piles having length
equal to more than 20 times diameter
Bearing Capacity factor

=
=
=
=
=
=

Bearing Capacity factor usually taken as 9


Average cohesion at pile tip
(from unconsolidated undrained test)

=
=

2
11309.73 cm
120 cm
3
0.001 kg/cm
26
13.184
2.05

2.4
2.05

Ru

12.208
9
2
0.22 kg/cm

314381.6 kg

=
=
=
=

1
200
0.001
1.5

2
350
0.001
1.5

3
300
0.001
1.5

4
300
0.001
1.5

5
200
0.001
1.5

6
150
0.001
1.5

7
550
0.001
1.5

0
1.5

9
0
0
1.5

0
1.5

11
0
0
1.5

12
0
0
1.5

13
0
0
1.5

0
1.5

=
embeddment of pile for the ith layer where i varies
from 1 to n
Angle of wall friction between pile and soil in degrees
=
It may be taken equal to angle of internal friction of soil
2
th
Surface area of pile shaft in cm in the i layer
=

0.1

0.375

0.7

1.25

1.425

1.775

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

30.5

30.5

31

32

32

21

26

75398.22 131946.9 113097.3 113097.3 75398.22 56548.67 207345.1


6661.942
43719 71353.52 106006.6 88338.82 46398.71 269255.9
0
0
0
0
0
0.6
0.22

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

=
=

0.3
0.102927

772831.8

Rf = Ultimate side resistance

= K x Pdi x tan x Asi + x C x As


i=1

ith layer
depth

Pdi

Asi
=
K x Pdi x tan x Asi
C
=

=
=

As

Total Rf

Coefficient of earth pressure


Initial value of K may be taken as 1.5 which can be
further increased upto 1.8 in particular cases as
specified in Clause 709.2.2 (v)
Effective overburden pressure in kg/cm2 along

Cohesion in kg/cm

Reduction factor
Average cohesion in kg/cm2 throughout the
embedded length of pile (from unconsoilidated
undrained test
Surface area of pile shaft in cm2

20

655598
387.9919

Pile capacity = Ru + Rf

Pile capacity after applying a FOS = 2.5 =

969979.6 kg
387991.9 kg at

20.5 m depth

27
23.5
18

951
804
260

457.8182
867

10

14

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