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Index 20600 Series Concrete Piles (Rev. 01/16)

Design Criteria
AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications; Structures Design Guidelines (SDG);
Structures Detailing Manual (SDM)

Design Assumptions and Limitations

Index 20600 is the lead standard for the Square Prestressed Concrete Pile standard
series which includes Indexes 20600 through 20631. Use this standard with Indexes
20601, 20602, 20612, 20614, 20618, 20620, 20624, 20630 and 20631.
Standard piles are designed to have 1000 psi uniform compression after prestress losses
without any applied loads to offset tensile stresses that occur during typical driving.
The piles are designed to have 0.0 psi tension using a load factor of 1.5 times the pile
self weight during pick-up, storage and transportation as shown in the "Table of
Maximum Pile Pick-Up and Support Lengths" on the standard.

Plan Content Requirements

In the Structures Plans:
Show and label the piles on the Foundation Layout, End Bent, Intermediate Bent, Pier,
Footing, Typical Section and other sheets as required.
Complete the following "Data Table" in accordance with SDG 3.5 and SDM 11.4 and
include it in the contract plans with the "Foundation Layout" sheets. Modify table and
notes as required to accommodate the required number of piles, piers and/or bents, use
of Test Piles and instrumentation. When not enough space is available on one plan
sheet, continuations of the Data Table and/or separate pile cut-off elevation tables are
acceptable. See Introduction I.3 for more information regarding use of Data Tables.
For projects without Test Piles change data table column heading "TEST PILE LENGTH
(ft.)" to "PILE ORDER LENGTH (ft.)".

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Payment
Item number
455-34-AA

Item description

Unit Measure

Prestressed Concrete Piling

LF

Design Aids
12" SQUARE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PILE INTERACTION DIAGRAM
(4) 0.6" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(8) 1/2" Dia (Spec), Grade 270 LRS
(8) 1/2" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(8) 7/16" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(12) 3/8" Dia, Grade 270 LRS

400

Pn (kips)

200

 200

 400
 25

25

50
Mn (ft-kips)

Design Assumptions:
x
x
x
x
x

Concrete compressive strength f`c = 6 ksi.

Modulus of elasticity of prestressing strands, Ep = 28,500 ksi.
Resistance factor based on AASHTO LRFD 5.5.4.2.1
(0.75 compression controlled, 1.0 tension controlled).
All piles assumed to have spiral ties.
Strand sizes and strand patterns used to create interaction curves
correspond with those indicated in Index 20612.

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14" SQUARE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PILE INTERACTION DIAGRAM

800
(8) 0.6" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(8) 1/2" Dia (Spec), Grade 270 LRS
(8) 1/2" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(12) 7/16" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(16) 3/8" Dia, Grade 270 LRS

600

Pn (kips)

400

200

 200

 400

 600
 50

 25

25

50

75

Mn (ft-kips)

Design Assumptions:
x
x
x
x
x

Concrete compressive strength f`c = 6 ksi.

Modulus of elasticity of prestressing strands, Ep = 28,500 ksi.
Resistance factor based on AASHTO LRFD 5.5.4.2.1
(0.75 compression controlled, 1.0 tension controlled)
All piles assumed to have spiral ties.
Strand sizes and strand patterns used to create interaction curves
correspond with those indicated in Index 20614.

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18" SQUARE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PILE INTERACTION DIAGRAM

1400
(12) 0.6" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(12) 1/2" Dia (Spec), Grade 270 LRS
(16) 1/2" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(20) 7/16" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(24) 3/8" Dia, Grade 270 LRS

1200
1000
800
600

Pn (kips)

400
200
0
 200
 400
 600
 800
 1000
 100

 50

50

100

150
Mn (ft-kips)

Design Assumptions:
x
x
x
x
x

Concrete compressive strength f`c = 6 ksi.

Modulus of elasticity of prestressing strands, Ep = 28,500 ksi.
Resistance factor based on AASHTO LRFD 5.5.4.2.1
(0.75 compression controlled, 1.0 tension controlled)
All piles assumed to have spiral ties.
Strand sizes and strand patterns used to create interaction curves
correspond with those indicated in Index 20618.

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20" SQUARE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PILE INTERACTION DIAGRAM

1600
(12) 0.6" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(16) 1/2" Dia (Spec), Grade 270 LRS
(16) 1/2" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(24) 7/16" Dia, Grade 270 LRS

1400
1200
1000
800

Pn (kips)

600
400
200
0
 200
 400
 600
 800
 1000
 100

 50

50

100

150

200

250

Mn (ft-kips)

Design Assumptions:
x
x
x
x
x

Concrete compressive strength f`c = 6 ksi.

Modulus of elasticity of prestressing strands, Ep = 28,500 ksi.
Resistance factor based on AASHTO LRFD 5.5.4.2.1
(0.75 compression controlled, 1.0 tension controlled)
All piles assumed to have spiral ties.
Strand sizes and strand patterns used to create interaction curves
correspond with those indicated in Index 20620.

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24" SQUARE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PILE INTERACTION DIAGRAM

2000
(16) 0.6" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(20) 1/2" Dia (Spec), Grade 270 LRS
(24) 1/2" Dia, Grade 270 LRS

1800
1600
1400
1200
1000

Pn (kips)

800
600
400
200
0
 200
 400
 600
 800
 1000
 100

100

200

300

400

Mn (ft-kips)

Design Assumptions:
x
x
x
x
x

Concrete compressive strength f`c = 6 ksi.

Modulus of elasticity of prestressing strands, Ep = 28,500 ksi.
Resistance factor based on AASHTO LRFD 5.5.4.2.1
(0.75 compression controlled, 1.0 tension controlled)
All piles assumed to have spiral ties.
Strand sizes and strand patterns used to create interaction curves
correspond with those indicated in Index 20624.

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30" SQUARE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PILE INTERACTION DIAGRAM

2400
(20) 0.6" Dia, Grade 270 LRS
(24) 1/2" Dia (Spec), Grade 270 LRS
(28) 1/2" Dia, Grade 270 LRS

2000

1600

Pn (kips)

1200

800

400

 400

 800

 1200
 200

200

400

600

800

Mn (ft-kips)

Design Assumptions:
x
x
x
x
x

Concrete compressive strength f`c = 6 ksi.

Modulus of elasticity of prestressing strands, Ep = 28,500 ksi.
Resistance factor based on AASHTO LRFD 5.5.4.2.1
(0.75 compression controlled, 1.0 tension controlled)
All piles assumed to have spiral ties.
Strand sizes and strand patterns used to create interaction curves
correspond with those indicated in Index 20630.

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HIGH MOMENT CAPACITY 30" SQUARE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE PILE INTERACTION DIAGRAM
5000
Section B-B
Section C-C*

4500
4000
3500
3000

Pnmax

Pn (kips)

2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0

0
 500
 1000
 1500
 2000

250

500

750

1000

1250
Mn (ft-kips)

Design Assumptions:
x
x
x
x

Concrete compressive strength f`c = 8.5 ksi.

Strand Pattern: (28) 0.6" Diameter, Grade 270 LRS.
Modulus of elasticity of prestressing strands, Ep = 28,500 ksi.
Resistance factor based on AASHTO LRFD 5.5.4.2.1
(0.75 compression controlled, 1.0 tension controlled)
x All piles assumed to have spiral ties.
x Refer to Design Standard Index 20631 for details of pile sections
B-B and C-C.
*The curve for Section C-C is limited by the axial capacity (tension and
compression) of the voided section of the pile (Section B-B).

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1750

2000

2250

2500