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576 CHAPTER 13 PILE FOUNDATIONS load? Justify your answer. (c) Discuss some of the issues you would consider in the interpretation of the data. Load kN} 9 800 t1¢0 2260 2800 3200 3500 3600 3620 3618, Displacement 0.25 38 75 10 125 15 20 71 26 {mm 133 A static pile load test using an O-cell was carried out on 2 18-m-diameter, 25-m-long (embedded length) drilled shaft, The soil profile is as given in Table P13.3a (the negative sign means below ground surface), Selected Toad-displacement data are shown in Table P13.3b. (a) Make a neat sketch of the soil profile and the drilled shaft, as shown in Example 13.3. (b) Determine the ultimate skin friction and ultimate end bearing capacity. (©) Ian FS of 2 is required, determine the allowable load and settlement. Justify your answers TABLE P13.3a Elevation (m) Sto-34 ——34to-176 | -176 to -38.2 Soil type ‘Sandy fat Silty sand with Mudstone or clay (CH) gravel (SM) weak rock TABLE P13.3b login) 01 5B 10 Displacement 0 0408 1 12 sp (mm) Displacement 0-05 -6 10-1 —16 -21 78 —49 —40 ~41 -37 down men 18 70 95 27 272-220 15 24 65 8 92 18 90 13.4 Determine the length, L.of adriven timber pile required to support the load shown in Figure P13.4, The diameter of the pile is 450 mm, A factor of safety of 2 is required ‘Assume the pile-soil interface friction is equal to the critical state friction angle. | 2754 Medium clay sitet 5, = 60 KP, Yyy = 18.8 KNIn? Hien 28, O0R = 4 — \ DCE. FIGURE P13.4 13. Determine the allowable load for a steel closed-ended pipe pile, 0.4 m in diameter, driven 20 m into the soil profile shown in Figure P13.5. Groundwater is at 2 m. below the surface, but you can assume it will rise to the surface, A factor of safety of 2 is required. Neglect negative skin friction, an Setl_normaly consolidated cla 3m 5m Send jom far Yarn 175K’, 92, = 82 FIGURE P13.5 13.6 A square precast concrete pile of sides 0.4 m is to be driven 12 m into the soil strata shown in Figure P13.6. Estimate the allowable load capacity for a factor of safety of 2. Owing to changes in design requirements, the pile must support 20% more load. Determine the additional embedment depth required, “te IBN, 1 Pa, t= 18.5 KNIn?,@, = 25° 2 18.5 kNin?, oj, = 25° FIGURE P13.6 13.7 Estimate the allowable load capacity of a 0.5-m- diameter steel closed-ended pipe pile embedded 17 m in the soil profile shown in Figure P13.7'The factor of| safety required is 2. The NV values are blows/ft, Com- pare the load capacity for a driven pile and a drilled shaft

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