Pile Design - 15m Length

Grade of concrete = 25 N/mm2

Dia of circular pile = 0.45 m
Length of pile in Sand = 15.00 m
Water Level = 2 m below NGL
IS 2911.1.2 Calculation of Stiffness Factors
C-2.3.1 For piles in sand and normally loaded clays
Young modulus of pile material, E = 25000 N/mm2
= 25000 MN/m2
Moment of Inertia of pile cross section, I = 0.00201 m4
Table-3 Modulus of subgrade reaction, hh = MN/m3

Depth from Modulus of subgrade

N values reaction, hh 103xKN/m3
Cutoff

1.0 9 1.200
2.0 12 1.688
3.0 6 0.600
4.0 7.5 0.900
5.0 8 1.000
6.0 16 2.264
7.0 17.5 2.480
8.0 18.5 2.624
9.0 19 2.696
10.0 22.5 3.200
11.0 25 3.560
12.0 27 3.848
13.0 20 2.840
14.0 19 2.696
15.0 16 2.264
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Stiffness factor T, in m = √EI/hh
T = 1.86 m

C-2.3.2 For piles in preloaded clays

Width of pile shaft (diameter incase of circular) = 0.45 m
Table-4 Modulus of subgrade reaction, k1 = 4.5 MN/m3
K = k1x0.3 / (1.5xB) = 2

Stiffness factor R,in m = 4√EI/KB

R = 2.73 m

C-3 Criteria for short rigid pile and long elastic piles
Length of pile in Sand L = 15.00 m
Short pile
L<=2T = 3.72 m
Long Elastic
L<=2R = 5.47 m
Long Elastic

Allowable vertical displacement in piles = 10 mm

= 0.01 m
Calculation of lateral modulus of subgrade along the length
Lateral modulus of subgrade in KN/m = Cum. Length X Pile dia. X modulus of subgrade in KN/m3
Vertical modulus of subgrade in KN/m = Pile capacity / Allow. Displacement

Lateral
Vertical
Modulus of Pile modulus
Length Cum. Length Pile Dia. modulus of
subgrade capacity of
subgrade
subgrade

m m m KN/m3 KN KN/m KN/m

1.0 1.0 0.45 1200 335 540.00 33500
1.0 2.0 0.45 1688 335 1519.20 33500
1.0 3.0 0.45 600 335 810.00 33500
1.0 4.0 0.45 900 335 1620.00 33500
1.0 5.0 0.45 1000 335 2250.00 33500
1.0 6.0 0.45 2264 335 6112.80 33500
1.0 7.0 0.45 2480 335 7812.00 33500
1.0 8.0 0.45 2624 335 9446.40 33500
1.0 9.0 0.45 2696 335 10918.80 33500
1.0 10.0 0.45 3200 335 14400.00 33500
1.0 11.0 0.45 3560 335 17622.00 33500
1.0 12.0 0.45 3848 335 20779.20 33500
1.0 13.0 0.45 2840 335 16614.00 33500
1.0 14.0 0.45 2696 335 16984.80 33500
1.0 15.0 0.45 2264 335 15282.00 33500