SECTION 10: FOUNDATIONS 10-49

Table 10.5.5.2.4-1—Resistance Factors for Geotechnical Resistance of Drilled Shafts

Method/Soil/Condition Resistance Factor

Side resistance in clay -method 0.45
(O’Neill and Reese, 1999)
Tip resistance in clay Total Stress 0.40
(O’Neill and Reese, 1999)
Side resistance in sand -method 0.55
(O’Neill and Reese, 1999)
Tip resistance in sand O’Neill and Reese (1999) 0.50
Nominal Axial
Compressive Side resistance in IGMs O’Neill and Reese (1999) 0.60
Resistance of Tip resistance in IGMs O’Neill and Reese (1999) 0.55
Single-Drilled Side resistance in rock Horvath and Kenney (1979) 0.55
Shafts, stat O’Neill and Reese (1999)

Side resistance in rock Carter and Kulhawy (1988) 0.50

Tip resistance in rock Canadian Geotechnical Society 0.50
(1985)
Pressuremeter Method (Canadian
Geotechnical Society, 1985)
O’Neill and Reese (1999)
Block Failure, b1 Clay 0.55
Clay -method 0.35
(O’Neill and Reese, 1999)
Uplift Resistance of
Sand -method 0.45
Single-Drilled
(O’Neill and Reese, 1999)
Shafts, up
Rock Horvath and Kenney (1979) 0.40
Carter and Kulhawy (1988)
Group Uplift 0.45
Sand and clay
Resistance, ug
Horizontal All materials 1.0
Geotechnical
Resistance of Single
Shaft or Shaft
Group
Static Load Test 0.70
All Materials
(compression), load
Static Load Test All Materials 0.60
(uplift), upload

10.5.5.2.5—Micropiles C10.5.5.2.5

Resistance factors shall be selected from
Table 10.5.5.2.5-1 based on the method used for
determining the nominal axial pile resistance. If the
resistance factors provided in Table 10.5.5.2.5-1 are to
be applied to piles in potentially creeping soils, highly
plastic soils, weak rock, or other marginal ground type,
the resistance factor values in the Table should be
reduced by 20 percent to reflect greater design
uncertainty.
The resistance factors in Table 10.5.5.2.5-1 were
calibrated by fitting to ASD procedures tempered with
engineering judgment. The resistance factors in
Table 10.5.5.2.5.-2 for structural resistance were
calibrated by fitting to ASD procedures and are equal to
or slightly more conservative than corresponding
resistance factors from Section 5 of the AASHTO LRFD
Specifications for reinforced concrete column design.

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