CEN-306 Foundation Engineering

Tutorial 7 Pile Foundation - 1

Use IS 2911: Part1(sec1): 2010 for Q1 to Q4.
1. 1. A 15m long, 300mmdiameter pile was driven in a uniform sand with φ’ =40o . The water table
is at great depth. Average unit weight of the soil is 19 kN/m3 . Calculate safe load capacity of the
pile if F.O.S. is 2.5, neglecting the weight of the pile.

2. For Q1, calculate the safe load capacity of pile if water table is now located at 2m below the
ground level.

3. A 15m long, 400mm diameter was driven in a homogeneous clay with unconfined compressive
strength of 75kPa. Calculate the ultimate load capacity of the pile.

4. A pile of 400mm diameter and 18.5m long passes through two layers of clay and is embedded in
a third layer (see Fig. 1). Calculate the safe load capacity of the pile (if FOS =2.5).

5. A 40 x 40 cm reinforced concrete pile 20 m long is driven through loose sand and then into
dense gravel to a final set of 3 mm/blow, using a 30 kN single-acting hammer with a stroke of
1.5 m. Determine the ultimate driving resistance of the pile if it is fitted with a helmet, plastic
dolly and 50 mm packing on the top of the pile. The weight of the helmet and dolly is 4 kN. The
other details are: weight of pile = 74 kN; weight of hammer = 30 kN; pile hammer efficiency =
0.80 (i.e. effective fall of hammer is 80% of the fall of normally proportioned winch-operated
drop hammer); and coefficient of restitution e = 0.40. Use the Modified Hiley formula.
[Hint : The sum of the elastic compression C is C = c1 +c2 +c3 = 19.6 mm]
6. For pile load test data shown below, plot the load-settlement curve and estimate the allowable
load of the pile as per IS code 2911 Part 3(2013), if diameter is 300mm diameter and length is
10m.