1,0 Input

1,1 Design Soil Parameters

Depth of layer from Soil Parameters

Descriptio Reduced Level
[Link]. ground c f
n
From To From To kN/m2 deg.

greyish
fine to
medium
1 sand 0 6 0,0 -6,0 0 36.6

brownish
grey fine
to
medium
2 sand 1 5 -1,0 -5,0 0 42.4

black silty
clay with
organic
3 content 5 6 -5 -6,0 34.32 0
light grey
sandy
4 silty clay 6 7.5 -6,0 -7.5,0 34.33 0
sandy
5 silty clay 7.5,0 9 -7.5,0 -9,0 34.34 0

brown
6 clayey silt 9 10.5 -9,0 -10.5,0 0 37.2
H Wea.
7 Rock 10.5 9.5 -45422,0 -45421,0 800 0

-45421 8 Sandy Silt 9.5 186 -45421 -186 15 29

-186 9 Sandy Silt 186 186 -186 -186 15 29

-186 10 Sandy Silt 186 186 -186 -186 15 29

1,2 Pile Details

Existing ground level = 0m

Pile Diameter, D = 0,7 m
Pile Cut-off level = 0,0 m
Dredge level = 0,0 m
Scour level = 0,0 m
Pile Founding level = -2,0 m
Depth from [Link] to F.L. = 2,0 m
Pile Embedment length = 2,0 m
Total Pile Length, L = 2,0 m
 Pile Density = 35,0 kN/m3
Factor of Safety = 2,5

Pile Fixity condition at top = fixed (Fixed or Free)

Grade of Concrete = 30 N/mm2
Modulus of subgrade reaction at fixity zone = 4000 kN/m3
Type of soil in fixity zone = Sand (Sand or Clay)
Unsupported Length of Pile, L1 = 0,0 m
Allowable displacement of pile at head = 2,0 mm
(For Horizontal capacity)

1,3 Sketch
0 m, EBL

0,0 m Cut-Off Level

-2,0 m, Found. Level

2,0 Calculation of Vertical Capacity

Ultimate Capacity of Pile , Qult = Qb + Qs - Wp

Whetre, Qb = Ultimate End Bearing

Qs =
Ultimate
Skin
Resistance

Wp = Self
weight of
Pile

Qsafe = Qult / FOS

Where, FOS = Factor of Safety
 2,1 Calculation of Skin Resistances

2.1.1 Layer-1:
Layer thickness, L1
Pile embedment in the layer, h1

Ultimate Skin Resistance, Qs1 = (a * c1 + K * Pd1 * tand ) x As1

Where, Reduction factor, a

Cohesion,
c1

Coefficient
of Lateral
earth
pressure, K

Unit
weight of
soil , g1
Effective Overburden Pressure at middle of layer, Pd1
Pd1 =
h1/2 *g1

Angle of
wall
friction, d
Surface area of Pile in layer 1, As1 = pi * D * h1

Ultimate Skin Resistance, Qs1 = (a*c1 + K*Pd1*tand ) x As1

2.1.2 Layer-2:
Layer thickness, L2
Pile embedment in the layer, h1

Ultimate Skin Resistance, Qs2 = (a * c2 + K * Pd2 * tand ) x As2

Where, Reduction factor, a

Cohesion,
c2

Coefficient
of Lateral
earth
pressure, K
 Unit
weight of
soil, g2
Effective Overburden Pressure at middle of layer, Pd2

Pd2 = Pd1
+ h1/2
*g1 +
h2/2 *g2

Angle of
wall
friction, d
Surface area of Pile in layer 2, As2 = pi * D * h2

Ultimate Skin Resistance, Qs2 = (a*c2 + K*Pd2*tand ) x As2

2.1.3 Layer-3:
Layer thickness, L3
Pile embedment in the layer, h3

Ultimate Skin Resistance, Qs3 = (a * c3 + K * Pd3 * tand ) x As3

Where, Reduction factor, a

Cohesion,
c3

Coefficient
of Lateral
earth
pressure, K

Unit
weight of
soil, g3
Effective Overburden Pressure at middle of layer, Pd3

Pd3 = Pd2
+ h2/2
*g2 +
h3/2 *g3

Angle of
wall
friction, d
Surface area of Pile in layer 3, As3 = pi * D * h3

Ultimate Skin Resistance, Qs3 = (a*c3 + K*Pd3*tand ) x As3

2.1.4 Layer-4:
Layer thickness, L4
Pile embedment in the layer, h4

Ultimate Skin Resistance, Qs4 = (a * c4 + K * Pd4 * tand ) x As4

Where, Reduction factor, a

Cohesion,
c4

Coefficient
of Lateral
earth
pressure, K

Unit
weight of
soil, g4
Effective Overburden Pressure at middle of layer, Pd4

Pd4 = Pd3
+ h3/2
*g3 +
h4/2 *g4

Angle of
wall
friction, d
Surface area of Pile in layer 4, As4 = pi * D * h4

Ultimate Skin Resistance, Qs4 = (a*c4 + K*Pd4*tand ) x As4

Total Ultimate Skin resistance, Qs = Qs1 +Qs2 +Qs3 +….. +Qsn

2,2 Ultimate End Bearing Resistance

Ultimate End bearing Resistance, Qb = (c* Nc + Pd * Nq ) * Ap

Cohesion
at Pile Toe,
Where, c

Bearing
Capacity
Factor, Nc
Effective overburden pressure at Pile tip, Pd
 Pd = Pd6
+ h6/2
*g6

Angle of
internal
friction at
pile toe,f

Bearing
Capacity
Factor, Nq

Area of
Pile at toe,
Ap

Ultimate End bearing Resistance, Qb = (c* Nc + Pd * Nq ) * Ap

2,3 Self Weight of the Pile, Wp

Self weight of the Pile , Wp = Ap * L * gp

Where, Area of pile, Ap

Total
Length of
Pile , L

Unit
Weight of
Pile
material,
gp

Self weight of the Pile , Wp = Ap * L * gp

2,4 Ultimate Capacity of the Pile , Qult = Qb + Qs - Wp

Where, Ultimate End Bearing, Qb

Ultimate
Skin
Resistance,
Qs

Self weight
of the Pile,
Wp

Ultimate Capacity of the Pile , Qult = Qb + Qs - Wp

2,5 Safe Capacity of Pile, Qsafe = Qult / FOS

Where, Ultimate Capacity of Pile, Qult

Factor of
Safety

Safe Capacity of Pile, Qsafe = Qult / FOS

3,0 Tension Capacity of Pile

Ultimate Tension Capacity of the Pile , Qult(T) = 2/3 x Qs + Wp

Where, Ultimate Skin Resistance, Qs

Self weight
of the Pile,
Wp

Ultimate Tension Capacity of the Pile , Qult(T) = 2/3 x Qs + Wp

Safe Tension Capacity of the Pile , Qsafe(T) = Qult(T) / FoS

Where, FoS = Factor of Safety
Safe Tension Capacity of the Pile , Qsafe(T) = Qult(T) / FoS

4,0 Fixity Depth Calculation

Pile fixity condition at top

Type of Soil in fixity zone
Modulus of subgrade reaction at fixity zone, K
Elastic modulus of concrete, Ec = 5000 * SQRT(fck)
Where, fck = Characteristic strength of concrete
Elastic modulus of concrete, Ec = 5000 * SQRT(fck)

Moment of inertia of Pile, I = 3.14 /64 *D^4

where, D = Diameter of the pile
Moment of inertia of Pile, I = 3.14 /64 *D^4

Relative Stiffness factor, T = (EI/K)^(1/5)

Unsupported length of pile, L1

Ratio of L1/T or L1/R
 Lf/T or Lf /R =
Therefore, Fixity Depth , Lf =
Fixity depth, in terms of diameter of pile

5,0 Minimum Pile Length for lateral Capacity

Minimum Pile Length for flexible pile, Lmin

Where, T = Relative stiffness factor

Let us consider a minimum length of pile , Lmin = 4.5 times T

6,0 Horizontal Capacity of the Pile

Pile fixity condition at top

The horizontal capacity, H

Where, y = Diaplacement of pile at head

E = Elastic
modulus of
pile
material

I=
Moment of
inertia

L1 =
Unsupport
ed length
of pile

Lf = Fixity
length of
pile

The horizontal capacity, H = 12*E*I*y / (L1+Lf)^3

7,0 Summary of Calculations

Pile Diameter
Pile Cut-off level
Pile Founding Level
Safe Vertical Capacity
Safe Tension Capacity
Pile head Condition
Grade of Concrete
Horizontal capacity for a Displacement of 2,0 mm
Minimum Pile length for Lateral Capacity
Fixity Depth, Lf

References:
Nq ; for
Bored cast
f in deg. in situ Pile
0 0,00
5 1,50
10 2,50
15 4,00
20 6,50
25 10,00
26 11,48
27 13,20
28 15,20
29 18,00
30 20,00
31 24,50
32 30,00
33 35,10
34 42,50
35 50,50
36 61,00
37 76,50
38 90,00
39 108,50
40 130,00
oil Parameters Interaction Parameters
gSub k d a
kN/m3 deg.

19.5 1,99 30 20

22 0,25 40 25 -4

22

22

22

22

11 0 0,3

19,5 1 19 0,3

19,5 1 19 0,3

19,5 1 19 0,3
(Fixed or Free)

(Sand or Clay)
= 10,5 m
= 5m

= 20

= 0 kN/m2

= 1,99

= 19.5 kN/m3

= 7.1 kN/m2

= 30 deg.
= 10,99 m2

= 3.7 kN

= m
= m

= 25

= 0 kN/m2

=
= 0 kN/m3

= 477025,5 kN/m2

= 40 deg.
= 0 m2

= 0 kN

= m
= m

= 34.32 kN/m2

= 22 kN/m3

= kN/m2

= deg.
= m2

= kN
= m
= m

= 34.33 kN/m2

= 22 kN/m3

= kN/m2

= deg.
= m2

= kN

= 3009785 kN

= 15 kN/m2

= 9
= 0 kN/m2

= 30

= 20,00

= 0,38465 m2

= 52 kN

= 0,38465 m2

= 2m

= 15 kN/m3

= 12 kN

= 52 kN

= 3009785 kN

= 12 kN

= 3009825 kN
= 3009825 kN

= 2,5

1203930,
= 2 kN

= 3009785 kN

= 12 kN

= 2006535 kN

= 2,5
= 802614 kN

= fixed
= Sand
= 4000 kN/m3

= 30 N/mm2
= ### N/mm2
27386127,
= 88 kN/m2

= 0,7 m
= 0,012 m4

= 2,406 m

= 0,0 m
= 0
= 2,18 (From Graph or Table of values)
= 5,2 m
= 7,49 times the dia

= > 4T
= 2,41 m

= 10,8 m

= fixed

12*E*I*y /
= (L1+Lf)^3
= 0,002 m

= 27386128 kN/m2

= 0,012 m4

= 0,00 m

= 5,25 m

= 53,65 kN

= 0,70 m
= 0,0 m
= -2,0 m
= 1203930 kN
= 802614 kN
= fixed
= 30,00 N/mm2
= 54 kN
= 10,8 m
= 5,2 m