Program Studi Teknik Sipil

Jurusan Teknologi Infrastruktur dan Kewilayahan

Institut Teknologi Sumatera
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Pullout Resistance
Under certain construction condition, piles are
subjected to uplifting force. The gross ultimate
resistance of a pile subjected to uplifting force:

Piles in Clay
The net ultimate uplift capacity of piles
embedded in saturated clays has been studied
by Das and Seeley (1982):
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Pullout Resistance
For cast-in-situ concrete piles:

For pipe piles:

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Piles in Sand
When the piles are embedded in granular soils (c=0), the net ultimate
uplift capacity:

The unit skin friction during uplift (fu) increases linearly up to a depth of z
= Lcr, beyond that it remains constant. For z ≤ Lcr:
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Pullout Resistance
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Pullout Resistance
Procedure of calculation of the net ultimate uplift capacity of piles:
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Pullout Resistance