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Deign Methods
Pile Selection
Guide
Shaft Resistance
Soft-stiff clay
Adhesion
factors
Nature of variation of undrained shear strength (cu) with time around a pile
driven into soft clay
For z = 0 to L
fs = Kotan =tan
Where = Ko
For z = L to L
fs = fz=L
Qs = fs p L
Where
p = perimeter of pile
L = incremental pile length which p and fs
are taken constant
Vesic Tests
Shaft Resistance
End Bearing
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End Bearing
Failure
Assumptions
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12
13
14
End Bearing
15
Piles to Rock
Piles to Rock
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Piles to Rock
a, b reduction factors
(Williams & Pells 1981)
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Piles to Rock
End Bearing Parameters
Uplift Capacity
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Cyclic Loading
20
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Pile Groups
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Block Analysis
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Buckling
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Buckling
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