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JACE Ltd.

2. Design Criteria
gf (Bearing)
gf (Shaft)
gf (Overall)
3. Soil
Bulk unit weight
Depth to water table
Starting depth of:
Depth increments of:
Total Length of Pile:

2.50
2.50
2.50

Load (kN)

Company:
Address: Turners Yard, School Street, Farsley
LEEDS, West Yorks, UK
Project:
Client:
Design Input
Value
700
1. Pile
Pile type
Boared
Shaft Dia. or width
450 mm
600
Base Dia. or width
450 mm
Shape
Round
500
Design Load
635 kN

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DESIGN OF PILES BASED ON LOAD

CAPACITY
Made by

Date

J.J.MAC
Element:

December 12, 2004

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Checked

Revision
A

Job No

Load
Vs
Embedded Length

400

Ulimate Base Load

Ultimate Shaft Load

300

Allowable Total Load

18 kN/m
3.00 m
0.80 m
0.50 m
7.30 m

200

Design Load
100

0
0

Depth (m)

4. Computation Table
Type

Effective Depth
L
(m)
0
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
6.00
6.50

L=Loose
Critical
Friction
e
Depth
Coefficient
ohesiv M=Mediu
C
n
No
m D=Dense
(m)
F
Undrained Embedmen Adhesion
Coefficient
Shear
t Ratio
sive
Cohe
Strength
(ZL)
a
Non-Cohesive
L, M, D
(m)
Su (kN/m)
Cohesive
ZL
Cohesive
10
0.00
1.00
Cohesive
10
1.11
1.00
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Cohesive
40
7.78
1.00
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30
Non-Cohesive
l
2.70
0.30

Max Nc

Bearing
Capacity
Factor Nc
Bearing
Capacity
Factor Nq

(kPa)
9.000
9.000
18.000
27.000
36.000
45.000
54.000
9.000
62.000
66.000
70.000
74.000
78.000
82.000

(kPa)
6.30
7.68
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
9.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00

Vertical
Effective
Stress

Ultimate
Base
Pressure
fb
(kPa)
63.00
76.78
450.00
675.00
900.00
1125.00
1215.00
360.00
1215.00
1215.00
1215.00
1215.00
1215.00
1215.00

Ultimate
Shaft
Friction
Ultimate
Shaft
Adhesion
fs
(kPa)
10.00
10.00
5.40
8.10
10.80
13.50
14.58
40.00
14.58
14.58
14.58
14.58
14.58
14.58

Total
Ultimate
Ultimate
Allowable
Base Load Shaft Load
Load

Note: Greyed cells represent user input

This program considers the following cases:

1. Uniform pile type (bored or driven),
2. One type of soil (cohesive or cohesionless), but properties may vary with depth. It computes the variation of pile capacity with length and size.

File: 131231405.xls.ms_office Tab: Calculations

Load Distribution Beneath a Rigid Pile Cap

Qb
(kN)
10.02
12.21
71.57
107.35
143.14
178.92
193.24
57.26
193.24
193.24
193.24
193.24
193.24
193.24

Qs
(kN)
0.00
7.07
10.89
16.61
24.25
33.79
44.09
72.37
82.67
92.98
103.29
113.59
123.90
134.20

Qall
(kN)
4.01
7.71
32.98
49.59
66.95
85.08
94.93
51.85
110.36
114.49
118.61
122.73
126.85
130.98

No. of
Piles
Required

Design
Capacity

159
83
20
13
10
8
7
13
6
6
6
6
6
5

(kN)
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN
635 kN

Non-Cohesive Soils
End-bearing
qb=s'vbNq
Nq=fn(sand & pile types)
Sand

zl/d

Loose
Medium
Dense

6
8
15

Shaft Friction
fs=s'vbF
F=fn(sand & pile Types)
Nq
Driven
60
100
180

Bored
25
60
100

Sand

zl/d

Loose
Medium
Dense

6
8
15

Cohesive Soils
End-bearing
qe=9Su if L/d>4
qe=NcSu if L/d<=4
L/d
0
1
2
3
4

Nc
6.3
7.6
8.3
8.8
9

Shaft Adhesion
fs=aSu
a = fn(Su)
su
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180

a
1
1
1
1
1
0.912
0.783
0.702
0.621
0.564
0.516
0.477
0.443
0.413
0.388
0.37
0.354
0.339
0.33

F
Driven
0.8
1
1.5

Bored
0.3
0.5
0.8