"POLEFDN.

xls" Program
Version 2.3

POLE FOUNDATION ANALYSIS

For Free-Top Rigid Round Piers Embedded in Granular Soil Using USS/Teng Method
Subjected Vertical Load, Horizontal Load, and/or Moment
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Input Data:

Pier Data: Pv=3 k

Pier Foundation Diameter, D = 2,500 ft.
Pier Height Above Soil, h1 = 0,000 ft. M=0 ft-k
Ph=10.133 k
Soil Data:
Unit Weight of Soil, g = 0,120 kcf
Blows/Foot (Penetrometer), N = 8 H=28.625' Ground
Depth to Resisting Surface, h2 = 0,000 ft. Line
Allow. Soil Bearing Pressure, Pa = 4,000 ksf h1=0'
h2=0'
Pier Loadings:
Axial Load, Pv = 3,000 kips
Horizontal Load, Ph = 10,133 kips Resisting
Distance from Ph to Top/Pier, H = 28,625 ft. Surface L=12,17'
Externally Applied Moment, M = 0,000 ft-kips
Overload Factor, OLF = 2,000 Pier

D=2.5'

Nomenclature
Results:

Granular Soil Parameters:

f = 30,50 deg. f = 28.5+N/4 (angle of internal friction)
Kp = 3,061 Kp = TAN(45+f/2)^2 (passive soil pressure coefficient)

Pier Embedment and Total Length:

Ho = 20,27 kips Ho = Ph*OLF
Mo = 580,11 ft-kips Mo = (M+Ph*(H+h1+h2))*OLF
Heff = 28,63 ft. Heff = Mo/Ho
L= 12,17 ft. L = solution of cubic equation: L^3-2*Ho*L/(Kp*g*D)-2*Mo/(Kp*g*D)=0
Lt = 12,17 ft. Lt = h1+h2+L (total length)

Pier End Bearing Pressure:

Af = 4,91 ft.^2 Af = p*D^2/4 (pier base area)
Wf = 8,96 kips Wf = (Af*Lt)*0.150 (pier weight)
SPv = 11,96 kips SPv = Pv+Wf (total vertical load)
P(bot) = 2,436 ksf P(bot) = SPv/Af

Maximum Moment in Pier and Location:

M(max) = 631,52 ft-kips M(max) = Ho*(Heff+0.54*SQRT(Ho/(g*D*Kp)))
y= 3,84 ft. y = SQRT(2*Ho/(3*g*D*Kp)) (below resisting surface)

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 "POLEFDN.xls" Program
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APPLIED LATERAL LOAD AND RESISTANCE OF POLE/FOUNDATION

Reference: "Tapered Steel Poles - Caisson Foundation Design"
Prepared for United States Steel Corp. by Teng and Assoc., July 1969

Embedment depth, L, is solution of:

L^3-2*Ho/(Kp*g*D)*L-2*Mo/(Kp*g*D) = 0
Mo

Ho

D 3*g*Kp*D*L

FOUNDATION IN GRANULAR SOIL

References: 1. "Tapered Steel Poles - Caisson Foundation Design"

Prepared for United States Steel Corporation by Teng and Associates, July 1969
2. AASHTO Publication LTS-5 - Standard Specifications for Structural Supports for
Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals (Fifth Edition, 2009)

Comments:

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