Debre-Markos University
Technology Institute
Civil Engineering Academic Program
GD-II (Ceng-4202) MARCH 2024
Assignment #1.
1. A concrete pile group embedded in a clay layer is shown in figure 1 below.
If center to center spacing between piles is three times the
diameter(d=0.40m)of individual piles, determine:
a) The allowable load carrying capacity of a single pile (Use Meyerhof’s
method for tip resistance and λ-method for skin resistance)
b) The elastic settlement of a single pile
c) The allowable load-bearing capacity of the pile group.
d) The elastic settlement of the pile group Vesic’s method
e) Consolidation settlement of the pile group, and total settlement
f) Check the stability of foundation if permissible settlement is 120mm
Use Ep =24×106 KN/m2, ES=30×106 KN/m2, μ =0.4, ξ =0.5 and a factor of safety of
2.5 for single pile and for the pile group.
Table 1: Relevant soil data
Soil layer Soil properties
Compressible layer Cu=30KN/m2, u=0o =14KN/m3,Cc=0.25,eo=0.75
Stiff Clay soil layer I Cu=75KN/m2,u=0o,=18KN/m3, Cc=0.3,eo=0.72
Stiff Clay soil layer II Cu=100KN/m2,u=0o sat =19KN/m3 Cc=0.24,eo=0.8
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Figure 1: Pile group in cohesive soil
2. Determine the Ultimate bearing capacity of the pile group given below. What
would be the factor of safety if a load of 700kN is applied?
30cm
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3. Design circular cellular coffer dam of the total height 18m as shown in fig 3
below.
Allowable interlock tension =1700KN/m2
Unit weight of water , w=10KN/m3, f=3
Note: Submission date =18/07/016 E.C, Groups can
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