A 10m long and 0.8m diameter precast concrete pile is driven into a saturated clay deposit as shown in the figure below. The groundwater table is at the ground surface. For the ratio of the undrained shear strength to vertical effective pressure is approximated as follows: = 0.11 + 0.0037(PI) NC (OCR) OC Determine the bearing capacity for the pile by the a) Alpha (a) method. b) Lambda (A) method Depth, m Layer 1 OCR = 5, Ya = 19.5 kN/m, Pl = 35 Layer 2 OCR = 1.5, Kat = 19.0 kN/m, Pl = 25 Layer 3 OCR = 8, %at = 19.5 kN/m, Pl 20 10 D, = 0.8 m

A 10m long and 0.8m diameter precast concrete pile is driven into a saturated clay deposit as shown in the figure below. The groundwater table is at the ground surface. For the ratio of the undrained shear strength to vertical effective pressure is approximated as follows: = 0.11 + 0.0037(PI) NC (OCR) OC Determine the bearing capacity for the pile by the a) Alpha (a) method. b) Lambda (A) method Depth, m Layer 1 OCR = 5, Ya = 19.5 kN/m, Pl = 35 Layer 2 OCR = 1.5, Kat = 19.0 kN/m, Pl = 25 Layer 3 OCR = 8, %at = 19.5 kN/m, Pl 20 10 D, = 0.8 m

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Chapter12: Pile Foundations

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Problem 12.18P: A steel pile (H-section; HP 310 125; see Table 12.1a) is driven into a layer of sandstone. The...

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