Question

In: Civil Engineering

A group of concrete piles (3×3) is driven into a uniform layer of medium dense sand,...

A group of concrete piles (3×3) is driven into a uniform layer of medium dense sand, which has a unit weight of gt = A kN/m3and a friction angle of f = Bo. The water table is C m below the ground level. Each pile has a diameter of 400mm, a length of 10m. The centre-to-centre spacing of the piles is s = D m.

Assume proper values for A, B, C and D.

  1. Calculate the ultimate vertical capacity of a single pile.
  2. Find the allowable load capacity of the pile group, based on individual pile failure. Use a factor of safety of 2.5 and a pile group efficiency of 0.9.
  3. Based on Hansen’s equations, find the allowable block capacity of the pile group. Use a factor of safety of 3.5. Assume the average unit weight of concrete piles is 25 kN/m3.

Solutions

Expert Solution

Please give thumbs up


Related Solutions

A clay layer in field is 3-m thick and is sandwiched between two sand layers (drained...
A clay layer in field is 3-m thick and is sandwiched between two sand layers (drained from top and bottom). The saturated stratum of clay is under a surcharge loading and underwent 90% primary consolidation in 75 days. The time required in minutes for a 30 mm thick undisturbed clay sample obtained from the field to undergo 90% consolidation in laboratory is most nearly equal to Select one: a. 28 b. 67.5 c. 100 d. 10
3-The blood platelet counts of a group of women have a uniform distribution with a mean...
3-The blood platelet counts of a group of women have a uniform distribution with a mean of 362 and a standard deviation of 14.6. What is the approximate percentage of women with platelet counts within two standard deviations of the mean? 4-A department store, on average, has daily sales of $145.87. The standard deviation of sales is $14.04. On Tuesday, the store sold $184.41 worth of goods. Find Tuesday's z score. 6-Use the given sample data to find Q3. 50,...
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT