WELD LENGTH OF LAP JOINT

PILE DIAMETER 600MM

1 Safe Pull Out Test on Pile 30 T
2 Factor of Safety for Test 3
3 Test Load 90 T
4 Factored Load 112.5 T

5 Total number of steel rods 9 Nos.

6 Diameter of each rod 25 mm
7 Load carried by each steel rod P 12.50 T
8 Thickness of weld a 1 cm
9 Shear Strength of weld fw 1100.00 kg/cm2

10 Calculation of weld length Lw = P / (0.8 x fw x 0.707 a )

20.09 cm

11 Total Lap Length required 50 x d 1250 mm

12 Provide lap joint 20 cm 4 Nos. 80 cm

on each side of steel rod

13 Total Weld length 80 cm x 2 sides 160 cm

14 Welding shall be done on each side of reinforcement