a. Why do we sometimes need pile foundations for a substructure?

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a. Why do we sometimes need pile foundations for a substructure?
b. Discuss the various installations methods for piles in caving and/or squeezing soils in
deep foundations.
c. A concrete pile is 15m long and has 406 mm diameter circular cross section. The pile
is fully embedded in sand, for which the unit weight y =18 kN/m³ and the frictional
angle o = 30°.
Calculate the ultimate point load Qp.
i.
ii. Determine the total frictional resistance Qs.
iii. Determine the total ultimate load of the pile.
A concrete pile 500 mm by 500 mm square cross section is embedded in a saturated
clay. The length of the embedment is 16m. The undrained cohesion, Cu of clay is 40
kN/m?, and the unit weight of the clay is 20 kN/m². Use a factor of safety of 5 to
determine the allowable load the pile can carry.
d.
Transcribed Image Text:5. a. Why do we sometimes need pile foundations for a substructure? b. Discuss the various installations methods for piles in caving and/or squeezing soils in deep foundations. c. A concrete pile is 15m long and has 406 mm diameter circular cross section. The pile is fully embedded in sand, for which the unit weight y =18 kN/m³ and the frictional angle o = 30°. Calculate the ultimate point load Qp. i. ii. Determine the total frictional resistance Qs. iii. Determine the total ultimate load of the pile. A concrete pile 500 mm by 500 mm square cross section is embedded in a saturated clay. The length of the embedment is 16m. The undrained cohesion, Cu of clay is 40 kN/m?, and the unit weight of the clay is 20 kN/m². Use a factor of safety of 5 to determine the allowable load the pile can carry. d.
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