Soil Details

19 kN/m Unit weight of soil (gamma)

c' (or su) 150 kN/m For undrained soils use phi' = 0
0 deg Angle of friction (phi')
0.4 Adhesion Factor
Ks 0 Coefficient of Earth Pressure
0 deg Angle of friction between pile and soil
Water Table 20 m Depth to Water Table

Pile Details

Shape sq sq=Square, ci=Circular

Square
Width 0.25 m Width of pile
Toe Depth 16 m Depth to base of pile

Load 5000 kN Applied load - includes weight of pile

Safety Factors
Base 2.0 Shaft 2.0
Results
16m long Square pile
0.25m x 0.25m
Undrained Analysis (Phi=0)

Base Resistance
84 kN
Shaft Resistance
960 kN
Total ultimate resistance
1044 kN (Base + Shaft)

Allowable Load
522 kN

Overall factor of safety

0.21
FAIL!
Actual Load>Allowable
Pile Volume
1.0 m
 Pile Capacity Calculations
Bearing Capacity Factors
Nq= 0.12 (Berezantzev et al)
Nc= 9.00

Overburden stress
sigma_b= 304.00 (at Base)
sigma_s= 152.00 (average for Shaft)

Base Bearing Capacity

e + Shaft) qu=suNc (for undrained analysis)
qu=cNc+sigma_b*Nq (for drained analysis)

qu = 1350 kN/m

Shaft skin friction

fs=alpha.su (for undrained analysis)
fs=c'+Ks.sigma_s.tan(delta) (for drained analysis)

fs= 60.0 kN/m

ezantzev et al) Depth/Width= 64.00

Areas
Base (Ab) = 0.06
age for Shaft) Shaft (As) = 16.0

Base Resistance

Qb=qu*Ab

Qb= 84

Shaft Resistance

ned analysis) Qs=fs*As

Qs= 960
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