CHAPTER 5

PILE FOUNDATIONS

5.2. CAPACITY OF SINGLE PILE UNDER VERTICAL LOADS

5.2.1. STATIC FORMULA

5.2.3 EM
MPRICAL
L METHOD
DS BASED
D ON FIELD TESTS
5.2.3.1 FROM
F
SPT
T
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5.2.3.2 FROM CPT

5.2.3.3 FROM PMT

5.2.4. INTERPRETATION OF PILE LOAD TEST RESULTS

(Pages 8-13 are adopted from Poulos 1980, Pile Foundation Analysis and Design)
SETTLEMENT OF SINGLE PILE

Figure 5.11 Proportion of base load, o

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Figure 5.12 Compressibility correction factor for base load, Ck

Figure 5.13 Poisson s ratio correction factor for base load, C

ure 5.14 Baase modulu

us correctio
on factor foor base load
d, Cb
Figu
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Figure 5.18 Settlement-influence factor, Io

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Figure 5.19 Compressibility correction factor for settlement, RK

Figure 5.20 Depth correction factor for settlement, Rh

Figure 5.21 Poisson s ratio correction factor for settlement, R

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Figure 5.22 Base modulus correction factor for settlement, Rb

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SETTLEMENT OF PILE GROUPS

Strain Integration Method for Equivalent Raft

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(Pages 15-24 are adopted from Das 1999, Principles of Foundation Engineering)
ANALYSIS OF PILE FOUNDATIONS UNDER LATERAL LOADS
Laterally Loaded Piles

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(page 25& 26 is adopted from Prakash and Sharma 1990, Pile Foundations in Engineering
Practice)
ULTIMATE LATERAL LOAD RESISTANCE OF PILE GROUPS IN
COHESIONLESS SOIL

LATERAL DEFLECTION OF PILE GROUPS IN COHESIONLESS SOIL

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ULTIMATE LATERAL LOAD RESISTANCE OF PILE GROUPS IN COHESIVE

SOIL

Group Efficiency Ge for Cohesive Soils

S/B

Ge

0.40

0.50

0.55

0.65

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