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PILE DESIGN Final
PILE DESIGN Final
The pile code consists of four parts. They are Part 1:Concrete piles Part 2: Timber
Piles Part 3: Under reamed Piles Part 4: Load test on Piles. Out of these Part 1 consists
of four section. Among these, Section 1: Driven cast in situ concrete piles. Section 2:
Bored cast in situ concrete Piles and Section 3: Driven precast concrete Piles are revised
in 2010. Some of the important changes in the code are highlighted as follows:
1. Definitions of various terms have been modified as per the prevailing engineering
practice.
2. Minimum grade of concrete to be used in pile foundations has been revised to
M 25.
3. Design parameters with respect to adhesion factor, earth pressure coefficient,
modulus of subgrade reaction, etc, have been revised to make them consistence
with the outcome of modern research and construction practices.
4. Minimum dia of bored cat in situ pile have been changed as 450mm based on
following parameters:
Clear cover over reinforcement Cl.6.11.4 50 x2 = 100mm
Dia of vertical bar minimum Cl. 6.11.4 12 x 2 = 24 mm
Helical reinforcement minimum dia cl. 6.11.4 8 x2 = 16 mm
Clearance for operation of Tremie Cl.6.11.4 4 x20 = 80 mm
Dia of Tremie pipe minimum Cl.8.4 (c) = 200 mm
Total dia of pile required = 420 mm say
450mm
5. Provisions for special use of large diameter bored cast in-situ reinforced cement
concrete piles in marine structures have been added.
6. Procedures for calculation of bearing capacity, structural capacity, factor of safety,
lateral load capacity, overloading, etc, have also been modified to bring them at
par with the present practices.
7. Minimum time of curing before handling of precast piles has been modified.
8. Provision has been made for use of any established dynamic pile driving formulae,
instead of recommending any specific formula, to control the pile driving at site,
giving due consideration to limitations of various formulae.
reamed pile foundation with pile cap and grade beam or Bored cast insitu
2. For clay soil with G+2F, G+3F, silt+3floors loads, under reamed piles with
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If the hard strata available is at 10m depth, End bearing/ Bored cast insitu
piles with pile caps may be adopted. This type of foundation is also best
3. If the load on foundation is 500KN (say G+2Floor load), Under reamed pile
foundation for a depth of 3.5m to 4.50m with pile caps shall be adopted.
in ‘situ concrete piles with 6.0m to 20.0m depth with pile caps shall be
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spread or bulb at the bottom increases the pile load considerably, at a very small
increase in the cost.
Cost comparison of pile foundation with reference to other foundation:.
1. In general the pile require foundation is likely to be more expansive than spread
footings or mat.
2. Weak soils with heavy column loads require either rafts or piles. Rafts, in general
are more economical than piles. But, when rafts become very large, piles have to be
used for restricting both cost and settlement.
3.When piles and rafts are both equal in cost, then piles are preferable to rafts, as the
settlement for piles is considerably less than that of rafts. Thus, pile foundations have
to be used when raft foundations are not suitable on grounds of economy or
settlement considerations.
4. Generally up to 3 to 4 floors (storeys), provision of raft foundation works out to be
economical when a medium bearing/moderate bearing soil is available upto a depth
of 2 to 3m. However for structure having more than 4 storeys and a hard strata is
available only 10m depth below ground level, then adoption of pile foundation is the
best in addition to be economical.
5.The key to economy in the pile foundations is to keep the area of pile cap in plan to
the minimum, for which high capacity piles should be used.
6. Capacity of a pile is increased by increasing either the diameter or depth of a pile,
pile spacing (equal to three times the diameter) will increase and this will lead to a
large pile cap, which will result in increased cost. So, pile depth should be increased
to get high capacity piles. Thus, economy requires the use of a few high capacity deep
piles under a column rather than a large number of low capacity shallow piles.
The technical details of various types of piles are as detailed below:
1. Driven cast in situ piles: IS 2911 (Part 1/sect.1)-2010
This type of Pile is suitable for situations where accurate determination of pile
length cannot be made on the basis of sub soil investigation and in cases where
lengths of different piles may be different.
Driving of piles in sandy soils results in volume changes. In loose soils compaction
takes place. This has a beneficial effect on the soil strength. Driving piles are
advantageous in sandy soils, when compared with bored cast in situ Piles. in Sandy
soils, the point resistance is large compared to the skin resistance and compaction at
the tip greatly helps to improve the pile load.
For driven piles through sandy soil and resting on a firm cohesionless material, ‘N’
value shall be between 35 and 45.
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Driving piles into clays may alter the structure of the soil and reduce rather than
increase the strength of the soil medium. Driven piles are generally not desirable in
clayey soil since the set value resistance.es are false due to pore pressure resistance.
Driven piles are not suitable in predominantly boundary strata. Design aspects:
Spacing of piles
End bearing : Piles (hard strata) =2.5 D
Piles resting on rock =2.0 D
Friction Piles =3.0 D where D is dia of piles.
Reinforcement:
Longitudinal reinforcement:
Main rod: Minimum 6Nos. bars shall be used. Minimum dia. of bar is 12mm.
Clear horizontal distance between bars: 4 times max. size of aggregate.
Minimum =0.4% of c.s. (of any type or grade)
Links: Minimum dia. =8 mm
Spacing not less than 150mm
Settlement of driven cast insitu piles:
Not more than 10mm for 20 blows with a 3 tonnes drop hammer over a height of
1.0m as a general guide.
Estimate for driven cat in situ pile:
The cost of pile foundation is roughly one floor cost for the building upto 8 storeys
10% extra for each additional floor may be added.
2. Bored cast insitu Piles: IS 2911 (Part 1/sect. 2)-2010
These piles are ideal as end bearing piles particularly when they are to be socketed
into rock. These piles are suitable where vibrations to the existing adjoining buildings
produces noisy and disturb the structures in the immediate vicinity is not desirable. For
high capacities (150 tonnes to 300 tonnes) these piles are preferable.
For bored piles through sandy soil resting on a firm cohesionless material, ‘N’ value
shall be between 40 and 50. Bored cast in situ piles in clay, the capacity must be
ascertained from shear strength of the supporting soil. The ultimate bearing capacity of
a bored pile in a granular soil is generally taken as being 1/3 to ½ that of the ultimate
bearing resistance of a driven pile within the same soil.
Design aspects:
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Spacing of piles:
The minimum centre-to-centre spacing of piles is considered from three aspects,
namely,
a) practical aspects of installing the piles,
b) diameter of the pile, and
c) nature of the load transfer to the soil and possible reduction in the load capacity
of piles group.
Minimum spacing: End bearing piles=2.5D ; Piles resting on rock=2 D;
Friction piles=3.0 D where D is dia of piles.
Reinforcement:
Longitudinal Reinforcement: Mini. Ast =0.4% of sectional area of pile.
Main rod: Minimum 6Nos. bars shall be used. Minimum dia. of bar is 12mm.
Lateral ties: Mini. Dia of links or spiral shall be 8 mm and spacing of links or spirals
not less than 150mm.
Concrete Grade: Minimum M25. The minimum cement content shall be 400 kg/m3 .
However, with proper mix design and use of proper admixture the cement content
may be reduced but in no case the cement content shall be less than 350 kg/m3.
Settlement of Bored cast insitu piles:
Bore may be terminated at a depth where the penetration with 1 tonne chisel dropped
from a height of 1.20m should not exceed 150mm for blows.
3. Driven Precast Piles: IS 2911(Part 1/sec.3)-2010
Precast piles are suitable for places where wooden piles are likely to be weaken by
the white ants or other insects and termites. These piles are preferred for Bridge
foundation. Generally these piles are square or octagonal in shape owing to ease in
casting them. Single length precast pile cannot be designed for a length exceeding 18
to 20m, because of undue handling stresses. It derives its capacity from friction and
bearing. Maximum loads on precast piles are generally limit to 100 tonnes. The
optimum loads generally are 50 to 60 tonnes.
Design aspects:
Spacing of piles:
Minimum spacing
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Hard Stratum: End bearing piles =2.5D
Piles resting on rock=2.0 D
Friction piles =3 D where d is dia. of pile
Reinforcement:
Main rod:
(i) Pile length <30 times least width =1.25% of c.s.area
(ii) Pile length 30 to 40 times least width =1.5% of c.s. area
(iii) Pile length > 40 times least width =2.0% of c.s. area.
Minimum : 6 nos. of rod. Minimum dia not less than 12 mm.
Ties: Mini. Dia of links or spirals =8 mm.
Spacing shall not be less than 150mm.
Spacing of ties: closer near ends. Max. spacing=3 times least width of pile.
Stiffener rings:
Stiffner rings preferably of 16 mm diameter at every 1.5 m centre-to-centre to be
provided along the length of the cage for providing rigidity to reinforcement cage.
If a short bored pile is provided with one, two or three bulbs, to provide anchorage and
/ or to increase the bearing load, it is known as the under-reamed pile. Due to their
enlarged based they provide anchorage to structures founded on expansive soils, carry
higher loads in comparison to uniform diameter bored piles and offer high uplift resistance.
This type of pile is particularly useful in swelling soils like black cotton soils.
(2) SUITABILITY :
The choice of the pile is governed by site conditions, economics and time
considerations. Under-reamed Piles are generally adopted in locations, where
soft / loose soils occur at top and relatively compact layers are available at
lower elevations. Best use is made of the existence of such compact soil layers
by resisting the bulb ( at the bottom of the Pile Stem ) so that an increased
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bearing capacity ( Point Bearing ) of the pile is obtained. Under-
reamed Piles are also used in locations where the top soils are of high swelling
and high shrinking type in which case the bulbs are rested at a depth well
below the zone of variation of moisture content. In case of expansive soils
(e.g) black cotton soils or filled up soils, under- reamed piles with bulbs provide
a good anchorage. It is found that provision of bulbs in the under-reamed piles
increases the lateral load capacity of piles.
For loose to medium sandy and silty soils, bored compaction piles should be
used since in such piles, the compaction process increases the load bearing
capacity of piles.
General equipments required (a) Auger (b) Under- reamed (c) Boring Guide
(d) General tools like cutting tools, extension rods and general
T & P.
Three men can easily advance 3.5 m of a hole of dia. up to 30 cm. in about
6 hours, in normal conditions. For Piles larger than 3.5 m and / or of the dia.
After reaching the desired depth, the bore is enlarged with a special
under- reaming tool. It consists of two collapsible cross- blades with a bucket
the bore hole and rotated with progressively increasing diameter. The
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scraped soil collected in the bucket is lifted up and disposed
off from time to time. In sandy soils, the bore hole is to be kept filled with
formed, boring is further advanced. Bottom spreads are made with tools.
slump should be placed by displacement method using Tremie Pipe (not less
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expansive soils. The minimum clearance below the underside of
pile cap embedded in the ground and the bulb should be a minimum
1.5 times the bulb diameter.
(8) Location of bottom most bulb from toe = Bucket length +0.55D
In case the site is such that the depth of fill is more and water table
is high, as far as possible choose single under- reamed Pile.
If, on the other hand, the water table at the site is low and the
depth of fill is less, choose single or double under-reamed depending
upon the load capacity required. In case of double under-reamed
pile, the first under- ream should be 2 times the bulb dia. or 1.75 m
below G.L.
Piles are provided on the corners of the buildings and wall junctions.
For intermediate piles, they should be arranged in such a way that
the doors and windows openings lie centrally as far as possible. For
the structures with columns (e.g) multistoreyed complex etc., the
piles should be first laid for columns and then for walls. The
maximum spacing between two piles in a beam and pile construction
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should not normally exceed 3 m.
(11) Mix: Minimum M20 concrete and minimum cement content shall
content 350 kg/m3 shall be used for without provision for under
(12) Reinforcement:
Longitudinal reinforcement:
Transverse Reinforcement :
mm use 8 Φ stirrups.
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Sides =40 mm (normal); 75 mm in case of sulphate presence.
Bottom =75 to 100 mm.
Under- reamed piles are useful for both in expansive clays as well as in
loose to medium no-expansive soils. It has been established that under- reamed
piles combine safety, economy and speed in construction, especially in
expansive soils. Under-reamed piles are used for following structures:
(i) Residential buildings.
(ii) Industrial sheds, workshops, godowns.
(iii) Machine foundations.
(iv) Retaining walls, boundary walls, fences
(v) Anchors, reaction frames.
(vi) Transmission line towers and pole footings
(vii) Water tanks, silos and bins, cooling towers
(viii) Bench marks, international boundary posts.
other soils where the bore and bulb can be supporting or by mud fluids. In
certain cases it is found that the upper most layer consists of medium to stiff
consistency clay (bitter like nature) to considerable depth. In such cases the
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under-reamed piles have been reported. As such, it cannot be treated as a ‘
fool-proof’ method.
Important Note:- For determining the ‘N’ value the average may be
taken up to a depth equal to the bulb diameter below the pile toe.
(i) Under-reamed piles are suitable generally only for structures contributing
low loads (20 t to 40 t).
(ii) Because of the presence of unreinforced portion of concrete in the under-
ream bulb, there is a chance of failure of concrete by shear in the bulb
portion. Hence the design engineer must carefully select the sizes of the
pile while proposing under-reamed piles. Further concreting of under-reamed
piles shall be done by tremie only since GW displacement during concreting
must not be allowed.
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SKETCH:
Load
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D Du= Single Dou No.- 6 mm Single Double Single Dou Single Double
UR bleU DIa Φ@ UR UR ble
2.5D UR UR UR
R
UR
375
940 3.5 3.75 5#12 300 240 360 120 180 30 40
450
1125 3.5 4.5 7 #12 300 350 625 175 256 40 48
500
1250 3.5 5.0 9 #12 300 420 630 210 315 45 54
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NOTES TO TABLE 1 OF I.S.2911 (Part III) - 1980 :-
1. This Table apply to both medium compact sandy soils (10 < N <30) and clayey
soils of medium (4 < N < 8) consistency including expansive soils.
2. For dense sandy soil (N ≥ 30) and stiff clayey soils (N ≥ 8) , safe loads in
compression and uplift may be increased by 25%.
3. For loose sandy (4 < N < 10) and soft clayey soils (2 < N 4) safe loads should
be taken 0.75 times Table value.
4. For very loose sandy soil (N ≤ 4) and very soft clayey soils (N ≤ 2 ) the Table
value should be reduced by 50%.
5. For piles with bulb of twice stem dia, the table value should be reduced by 15%.
6. If the pile is full of sub soil water, safe load shall be reduced by 25% as per
clause B 1.6 given in Appendix B.
7. If the spacing between piles is reduced by 1.5 times instead 2 times the under
seamed bulb dia. as per normal requirements safe load shall be reduced by 10%
8. If the under reamed bulb is 2 times pile dia. instead 2.5 times pile dia, safe load
shall be reduced by 10% as per clause 5.2.3.3.
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