pile foundation
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All concepts →A 4 x 4 group pile, with each pile 20 m long and 500 mm in diameter, is installed in a square pattern in a clayey soil, as shown in the figure. The average unconfined compressive s...
A single pile with 450 mm diameter has been driven into a homogeneous clay layer, which has an undrained cohesion (cu) of 20 kPa and unit weight of 18 kN/m³. The ground water table...
A single pile with 450 mm diameter has been driven into a homogeneous clay layer, which has an undrained cohesion ( $\mathrm{c}_{\mathrm{u}}$ ) of 20 kPa and unit weight of $18 \ma...
A reinforced concrete pile of 10 m length and 0.7 m diameter is embedded in a saturated pure clay with unit cohesion of 50 kPa. If the adhesion factor is 0.5, the net ultimate upli...
A reinforced concrete pile of 10 m length and 0.7 m diameter is embedded in a saturated pure clay with unit cohesion of 50 kPa. If the adhesion factor is 0.5, the net ultimate upli...
A circular pile of diameter 0.6 m and length 8 m was constructed in a cohesive soil stratum having the following properties: bulk unit weight = 19 kN/m³; angle of internal friction...
A circular pile of diameter 0.6 m and length 8 m was constructed in a cohesive soil stratum having the following properties: bulk unit weight = 19 kN/m 3 ; angle of internal fricti...
A group of total 16 piles are arranged in a square grid format. The center-to-center spacing (s) between adjacent piles is 3 m. The diameter (d) and length of embedment of each pil...
A square concrete pile of 10 m length is driven into a deep layer of uniform homogeneous clay. Average unconfined compressive strength of the clay, determined through laboratory te...
A square concrete pile of 10 m length is driven into a deep layer of uniform homogenous clay. Average unconfined compressive strength of the clay, determined through laboratory tes...
A reinforced concrete circular pile of 12 m length and 0.6 m diameter is embedded in stiff clay which has an undrained unit cohesion of 110 kN/m². The adhesion factor is 0.5. The N...
A timber pile of length 8 m and diameter 0.2 m is driven with a 20 kN drop hammer, falling freely from a height of 1.5 m. The total penetration of the pile in the last 5 blows is 4...
A 0.5 m × 0.5 m square concrete pile is to be driven in a homogeneous clayey soil having undrained shear strength, cu = 50 kPa and unit weight, γ = 18.0 kN/m³. The design capacity...
Two identical concrete piles having the plan dimensions 50 cm x 50 cm are driven into a homogeneous sandy layer as shown in the figures. Consider the bearing capacity factor Nq for...
A group of nine piles in a 3 x 3 square pattern is embedded in a soil strata comprising dense sand underlying recently filled clay layer, as shown in the figure. The perimeter of a...
It is proposed to drive H-piles up to a depth of 7 m at a construction site. The average surface area of the H-pile is 3 m² per meter length. The soil at the site is homogeneous sa...