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Bearing Capacity and Settlement of Deep Foundations VFinal
Bearing Capacity and Settlement of Deep Foundations VFinal
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LAYOUT
• Factor
Ca = .Cu
b
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• Factor b
Poulos (1989)
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• Factor b
• Factor b
• Bearing capacity
factor Nq
(Poulos Berezantzev)
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• Recomendations from
Prof. H.G. Poulos
a´ and K K s
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Original Values
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1996 modification
QP Abase.q p .
QL Alateral.qs .b
Soil Type TYPE OF PILE
Bored Bored CFA Pali Micropile
with fluid radice injected
injected
Clays 0.85 0.85 0.30 0.85 1.0
Intermediate
Sands
0.60
0.50
0.60
0.50
0.30
0.30
0.60
0.50
1.0
1.0
()
.D 2
Qult b1.N SPT . .D.L b 2 .N SPT
4
where: D = pile diameter; L = pile length, NSPT = SPT blow counts; Qult =
ultimate bearing capacity of the pile; and b1.NSPT and b2. NSPT are in kPa.
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3000
45º Line
Décourt-Quaresma (Adjusted)
Antunes-Cabral (Adjusted)
0
0 1000 2000 3000
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Sand 4.4 2.2 -- --
Silt 2.9 1.4 -- --
Clay 2.6 1.2 -- --
Any Soil Type -- -- 0.21 1.13
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• Drilled Caissons
Qallowable at base = qbf x Abase (soil)
Qallowable at base = Ab x qba, where qba ≤ 0.33 fck (rock)
or qba ≤ 1/5 to 1/8 qu (rock)
Pile Group
• Efficiency
• Empirical Formulae
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More realistically:
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• Summary:
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Definition of Settlement
• Total
• Differential
• Angular distortion
b
L
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Types of Settlement
• Immediate, drained or Short • Undrained or Long Time
Time
Saturated Clays, undrained soils
Sands, drained soils and
unsaturated soils
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Day, 2000
• Elastic Shortening
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TOTAL el P F
(Bowles, 1988):
Friction Base
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Theoretical graphics
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PF I F PB I B
Es d Es d
I F I 0 .RK .Rh .R
I B I 0 .RK .Rb .R
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General remarks
• Nonlinearity becomes important for piles which derive much of their load
capacity from base resistance eg large diameter drilled piers.
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