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PILE ANALYSIS (FHWA)

In accordance with ASD method
Tedds calculation version 1.0.02

1800 mm

Pile details
Installation method; Drilled
Shape; 1800 mm diameter
Length; L = 22000 mm
Material details
Material; Concrete
Concrete strength; fc = 35 MPa
Modulus of elasticity; E = 4700 (f'c 1 MPa) = 27806 MPa

Geometric properties
Pile section depth; h = 1800 mm
Bearing area; Abearing = h2 / 4 = 2544690 mm2
Pile perimeter; Perimpile = h = 5655 mm
Moment of inertia; I = h4 / 64 = 51529974 cm4
Section modulus; S = h3 / 32 = 572555 cm3
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4000 m m
fs1 = 55 kPa, fsU1 = 44 kPa

9000 m m fs2 = 69 kPa, fsU2 = 52 kPa

1000 mm 22000 m m
14000 mm

fs4 = 124 kPa, fsU4 = 99 kPa

qb4 = 2.5 MPa

fsi = Service unit side friction, q bi = Service unit end bearing

f sUi = Service unit side friction, uplift

Stratum details
Stratum Geomaterial Thickness, tstratai Service unit Service unit side Service unit side
(mm) bearing, qbi friction, fsi (kPa) friction, uplift
(MPa) fsUi (kPa)
1 Cohesive 4000 - 55 44
2 Cohesionless 9000 - 69 52
3 Cohesive 1000 - 59 47
4 Cohesionless 14000 2.475 124 99

Loading details
Design axial load, compression; Pc = 3500 kN
Design axial load, uplift; Pt = 1 kN
Axial compression resistance
Service axial bearing resistance; Rb = Abearing qb = 6298.1 kN
Service axial friction resistance per stratum
Stratum 1; Rs1 = fs1 Perimpile tstrata1 = 1244.1 kN
Stratum 2; Rs2 = fs2 Perimpile tstrata2 = 3511.7 kN
Stratum 3; Rs3 = fs3 Perimpile tstrata3 = 333.6 kN
Stratum 4; Rs4 = fs4 Perimpile (L - Dstrata4) = 5609.6 kN
Service axial friction resistance; Rs = Rs1 + Rs2 + Rs3 + Rs4 = 10699 kN
Allowable axial design load; Rn = Rb + Rs = 16997.1 kN
Pc / Rn = 0.206
PASS - Allowable axial load exceeds design load
Axial uplift resistance (FHWA-NHI-10-016, 13.4)
Service axial friction uplift resistance per stratum
Stratum 1; RsU1 = (fsU1 Perimpile tstrata1) = 995.3 kN
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Stratum 2; RsU2 = (fsU2 Perimpile tstrata2) = 2646.5 kN

Stratum 3; RsU3 = (fsU3 Perimpile tstrata3) = 265.8 kN
Stratum 4; RsU4 = (fsU4 Perimpile (L - Dstrata4)) = 4478.7 kN
Service axial friction uplift resistance; RsU = RsU1 + RsU2 + RsU3 + RsU4 = 8386.2 kN
Allowable axial uplift design load; RnU = RsU = 8386.2 kN
Pt / RnU = 0
PASS - Allowable axial uplift design load exceeds uplift design load