Ferrer, Peter Jhon V.

BSCE5 Foundation Engineering Driven piles in non-cohesive soil

January 31, 2012 Engr. Noel Siapno

The ultimate carrying capacity of a pile is: Qf = Qb + Qs The base resistance, Qb can be found from Terzaghi's equation for bearing capacity, qf = 1.3 c Nc + qo Nq + 0.4 K B NK The 0.4 K&2Kterm may be ignored, since the diameter is considerably less than the depth of the pile. The 1.3 c Nc term is zero, since the soil is non-cohesive. The net unit base resistance is therefore qnf = qf - qo = qo (Nq -1) and the net total base resistance is Qb = qo (Nq -1) Ab The ultimate unit skin friction (shaft) resistance can be found from qs = Ks .W'v .tanH where W'v = average vertical effective stress in a given layer H= angle of wall friction, based on pile material and J Ks = earth pressure coefficient Therefore, the total skin friction resistance is given by the sum of the layer resistances: Qs = S(Ks .W'v .tand .As) The self-weight of the pile may be ignored, since the weight of the concrete is almost equal to the weight of the soil displaced. Therefore, the ultimate pile capacity is: Qf = Ab qo Nq + S(Ks .W'v .tand .As)

Values of Ks and H can be related to the angle of internal friction (J) using the following table according to Broms. Material steel

H
20

Ks low density high density 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 2.0 4.0

concrete 3/4 J timber 2/3 J

It must be noted that, like much of pile design, this is an empirical relationship. Also, from empirical methods it is clear that Qs and Qb both reach peak values somewhere at a depth between 10 and 20 diameters. It is usually assumed that skin friction never exceeds 110 kN/m and base resistance will not exceed 11000 kN/m.