Foundation Engineering II - CEng 4142

Assignment on Pile Foundation

1) The plan of a group pile shown in Figure 1. Assume that the piles are embedded in a homogeneous
clay having a 𝐶𝑢 = 95.8 𝑘𝑁Τ𝑚2 . Given: diameter of piles (D) = 406 mm, center to center
spacing of piles = 700 mm, and length of piles = 18.5 m. Find the allowable load carrying capacity
of the pile group. Use FS = 3. (Note: 𝛾 = 18 𝑘𝑁Τ𝑚3 and the groundwater table is located at a
depth of 23 m below the ground surface.)

2) Redo Problem 1 with the following: center to center spacing of piles = 0.762 m, length of piles =
13.72 m, D = 0.305 m, 𝐶𝑢 = 41.18 𝑘𝑁Τ𝑚2, ϒ𝑠𝑎𝑡 = 19.23 𝑘𝑁Τ𝑚3 and FS = 3. (Note: The
ground water table coincides with the ground surface.)

Figure 1

3) The section of a 3 × 4 group pile in a layered saturated clay is shown in Figure 2. The piles are
square in cross section 0.35 𝑚 × 0.35 𝑚. The center to center spacing (d) of the piles is 1 m.
Determine the allowable load-bearing capacity of the pile group. Use FS = 4.

Figure 2

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