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Bearing capacity of piles in granular soils based on SPT value: Meyerhof (1956) suggests
the following equations for single piles in granular soils based on SPT values.
For displacement piles,
𝑄𝑢 = 𝑄𝑝 + 𝑄𝑠
𝐿 ′
= 40𝑁𝑐𝑜𝑟 (𝑑) 𝐴𝑃 + 2𝑁𝑐𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑠
Where,
𝑄𝑢 = Ultimate total load in kN
𝑁𝑐𝑜𝑟 = Average corrected SPT value below pile tip
′
𝑁𝑐𝑜𝑟 = Corrected average SPT value along the pile shaft
𝐴𝑃 = Base area of pile in m2
𝐴𝑠 = Surface area of shaft in m2
Bearing capacity of piles based on static cone penetration tests (SCPT value): For
cohesionless soil, point bearing resistance of pile,
𝑄𝑝 = 𝑞𝑝 𝐴𝑝
Where,
𝑞𝑝 = Average cone point resistance over a depth 4d, where, d is the diameter of pile.
Where,
𝑞𝑐1 = Average cone point resistance below the tip of pile over a depth which may vary
between 0.7d and 4d, where, d = diameter of pile,
𝑞𝑐1 = Minimum cone point resistance recorded below the pile tip over the same depth 0.7d
and 4d
𝑞𝑐3 = Average of the envelop of minimum cone resistance recorded above the pile tip to a
height of 8d.
𝑄𝑠 = 𝑓𝑠 𝐴𝑠 = α′ 𝑓𝑐 𝐴𝑠
Where,
α′ = Ratio of pile to penetrometer sleeve friction
𝑓𝑐 = Average sleeve friction
𝐴𝑠 = Pile to soil contact area