POLE FOUNDATION ANALYSIS

For Free-Top Rigid Round Piers Embedded in Granular Soil Using USS/Teng Method
Subjected Vertical Load, Horizontal Load, and/or Moment
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Input Data:

Pier Data: Pv=0 k

Pier Foundation Diameter, D = 2.950 ft.
Pier Height Above Soil, h1 = 0.000 ft. M=0 ft-k
Ph=93.5 k
Soil Data:
Unit Weight of Soil, γ = 0.120 kcf
Blows/Foot (Penetrometer), N = 10 H=0' Ground
Depth to Resisting Surface, h2 = 0.000 ft. Line
Allow. Soil Bearing Pressure, Pa = 6.000 ksf h1=0'
h2=0'
Pier Loadings:
Axial Load, Pv = 0.000 kips
Horizontal Load, Ph = 93.500 kips Resisting
Distance from Ph to Top/Pier, H = 0.000 ft. Surface L=13'
Externally Applied Moment, M = 0.000 ft-kips
Overload Factor, OLF = 1.000 Pier

D=2.95'

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Results:

Granular Soil Parameters:

φ= 31.00 deg. φ = 28.5+N/4 (angle of internal friction)
Kp = 3.124 Kp = TAN(45+φ/2)^2 (passive soil pressure coefficient)

Pier Embedment and Total Length:

Ho = 93.50 kips Ho = Ph*OLF
Mo = 0.00 ft-kips Mo = (M+Ph*(H+h1+h2))*OLF
Heff = 0.00 ft. Heff = Mo/Ho
L= 13.00 ft. L = solution of cubic equation: L^3-2*Ho*L/(Kp*γ*D)-2*Mo/(Kp*γ*D)=0
Lt = 13.00 ft. Lt = h1+h2+L (total length)

Pier End Bearing Pressure:

Af = 6.83 ft.^2 Af = π*D^2/4 (pier base area)
Wf = 13.33 kips Wf = (Af*Lt)*0.150 (pier weight)
ΣPv = 13.33 kips ΣPv = Pv+Wf (total vertical load)
P(bot) = 1.950 ksf P(bot) = ΣPv/Af

Maximum Moment in Pier and Location:

M(max) = 464.25 ft-kips M(max) = Ho*(Heff+0.54*SQRT(Ho/(γ*D*Kp)))
y= 7.51 ft. y = SQRT(2*Ho/(3*γ*D*Kp)) (below resisting surface)

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 APPLIED LATERAL LOAD AND RESISTANCE OF POLE/FOUNDATION
Reference: "Tapered Steel Poles - Caisson Foundation Design"
Prepared for United States Steel Corp. by Teng and Assoc., July 1969

Embedment depth, L, is solution of:

L^3-2*Ho/(Kp*γ*D)*L-2*Mo/(Kp*γ*D) = 0
Mo

Ho

D 3*γ*Kp*D*L

FOUNDATION IN GRANULAR SOIL

References: 1. "Tapered Steel Poles - Caisson Foundation Design"

Prepared for United States Steel Corporation by Teng and Associates, July 1969
2. AASHTO Publication LTS-5 - Standard Specifications for Structural Supports for
Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals (Fifth Edition, 2009)

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