YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CE 485 DEEP FOUNDATIONS

FINAL EXAM

Instructor: Professor M. Murat Monkul

June 11th, 2020 Thursday

Duration: 100 minutes

Please show all of your work. If a calculation is not fully documented, points will be
deducted.
1. What is the difference between a shallow foundation and a deep foundation. (5 points)

2. Write down the difference between piles and drilled shafts. (5 points)

3. Which materials are piles made up of ? (5 points)

4. Why do we wait before full scale static load testing between 2days to more than 30 days after a
pile is driven? (Kazık çakılmasından sonra tam ölçekli statik yükleme deneyi yapmadan neden 2
günden 30 gün veya fazlası beklememiz gerekiyor?) (5 points)

5. When and how do we consider the poisson’s effect on axial loading of deep foundations? (her iki
soru kelimesinin cevabını içermelidir “Nezaman” ve “Nasıl”) (5 points)

6. Write the names of two methods that we can use determine ultimate load capacity (Pult) of a deep
foundation from full scale static load tests. (5 points)

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 7. A 30 cm x 30cm precast, prestressed concrete pile (conc=24kN/m3) was driven in to a NC
(normally consolidated) clay as shown below. The ground water table is located at the ground
surface.

a) calculate the skin friction resistance (Ps) in kN using

alpha (α) method and McCarthy(1988) curve shown
below (be careful to use the correct curve). (10 points)
NC clay
Su = 50 kPa 10 m b) calculate the toe bearing resistance in kN assuming
clay = 18 kN/m3 that given Su is valid for a long depth including 2B below
N60 = 8 the toe of the pile. (10 points)

c) calculate the allowable downward load capacity of

the pile in kN if the factor of safety is 2.3. (5 points)

d) calculate the allowable upward load capacity of the

pile in kN if the factor of safety is 5 (do not forget to
consider the buoyancy force [kaldırma kuvvetini hesaba
katmayı unutmayın]). (10 points)

e) which one is smaller (Pa-downward or Pa-upward), why? (5 points)

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8. This time a 30cm diameter drilled shaft (conc=24kN/m3) is constructed at the same NC (normally
consolidated) clay as shown below. The ground water table is located at the ground surface.

a) calculate the skin friction resistance (Ps) in kN using

O’Neill and Reese (1999) Method . (10 points)

NC clay b) calculate the toe bearing resistance in kN assuming

Su = 50 kPa 10 m that given Su is valid for a long depth including 2B below
clay = 18 kN/m3 the toe of the pile. (10 points)
N60 = 8
c) calculate the allowable downward load capacity of
the pile in kN if the factor of safety is 2.3. (5 points)

d) compare the Pa-downward of the drilled shaft with that of

the Pa-downward of the pile that you calculated in part c of
question 7. (5 points)

Summary of O’Neill and Reese (1999) Method for part a

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