Date Printed:11/10/2016

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DESIGN OF PILES BASED ON LOAD

CAPACITY

Company:
Address:

Made by

Project:
Client:

Pile type
Shaft Dia. or width
Base Dia. or width
Shape
Design Load
2. Design Criteria
f (Bearing)
f (Shaft)
f (Overall)
3. Soil
Bulk unit weight
Depth to water table
Starting depth of:
Depth increments of:
Total Length of Pile:

Checked

Revision

Job No

Element:
Value
700

Boared
450 mm
450 mm
Round
635 kN

2.50
2.50
2.50

600

Load
Vs
Embedded Length

500

Load (kN)

Design Input
1. Pile

Page No

Date

400

Ulimate Base Load

Ultimate Shaft Load

300

Allowable Total Load

18 kN/m
3.00 m
0.80 m
0.50 m
7.30 m

200

Design Load
100

0
0

Depth (m)

4. Computation Table
Type
L=Loose
Critical
Friction
e M=Mediu
Depth
Coefficient
m D=Dense
(m)
F
Undrained Embedmen Adhesion
Coefficient
Shear
t Ratio
sive
Cohe
Strength

(ZL)
Non-Cohesive
L, M, D
(m)
Su (kN/m)
Cohesive
ZL
Cohesive
10
0.00
1.00
Cohesive
10
1.11
1.00
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Cohesive
40
7.78
1.00
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
siv
Cohe
Non-

Effective Depth
L
(m)
0
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
6.00
6.50

Max Nc

Bearing
Capacity
Factor Nc
Bearing
Capacity
Factor Nq

(kPa)
9.000
9.000
18.000
27.000
36.000
45.000
54.000
9.000
62.000
66.000
70.000
74.000
78.000
82.000

(kPa)
6.30
7.68
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
9.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00

Vertical
Effective
Stress

Ultimate
Base
Pressure
fb
(kPa)
63.00
76.78
450.00
675.00
900.00
1125.00
1215.00
360.00
1215.00
1215.00
1215.00
1215.00
1215.00
1215.00

Ultimate
Shaft
Friction
Ultimate
Shaft
Adhesion
fs
(kPa)
10.00
10.00
5.40
8.10
10.80
13.50
14.58
40.00
14.58
14.58
14.58
14.58
14.58
14.58

Total
Ultimate
Ultimate
Allowable
Base Load Shaft Load
Load
Qb
(kN)
10.02
12.21
71.57
107.35
143.14
178.92
193.24
57.26
193.24
193.24
193.24
193.24
193.24
193.24

Qs
(kN)
0.00
7.07
10.89
16.61
24.25
33.79
44.09
72.37
82.67
92.98
103.29
113.59
123.90
134.20

Qall
(kN)
4.01
7.71
32.98
49.59
66.95
85.08
94.93
51.85
110.36
114.49
118.61
122.73
126.85
130.98

Note: Greyed cells represent user input

This program considers the following cases:

1. Uniform pile type (bored or driven),
2. One type of soil (cohesive or cohesionless), but properties may vary with depth. It computes the variation of pile capacity with length and size.

File: PileCapacity Calculation.xls Tab: Calculations

Load Distribution Beneath a Rigid Pile Cap

No. of
Piles
Required

Design
Capacity

159
83
20
13
10
8
7
13
6
6
6
6
6
5

(kN)
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN