TripleAYUDA
Geotechnical
- Feb 19, 2022
- 14
I am designing a pile foundation to support 8000 kN axial load + 4000 kN lateral load + 600 kN eccentricity moment.
Piles are 1m in diameter and 23 meters deep
Soil profile mostly clay: first 10 meters Su = 80kpa and the rest Su = 200 kpa and groundwater level at the surface;
From analysis clearly, a single pile cannot sustain the imposed loads, tried with 3 pile groups the deflection was still too much above 1% of the pile diameter.
Another solution is to increase the piles in the group to 9 piles which gave me a lateral displacement of about 5.8 mm
Kindly share your experience in this situation
Piles are 1m in diameter and 23 meters deep
Soil profile mostly clay: first 10 meters Su = 80kpa and the rest Su = 200 kpa and groundwater level at the surface;
From analysis clearly, a single pile cannot sustain the imposed loads, tried with 3 pile groups the deflection was still too much above 1% of the pile diameter.
Another solution is to increase the piles in the group to 9 piles which gave me a lateral displacement of about 5.8 mm
Kindly share your experience in this situation