INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CE-632: Foundation Analysis and Design

Tutorial 4: Pile Foundations

(Due Date: Thursday 08/04/2010)
1.

A 50 cm diameter concrete pile has been driven into the

ground which is 16 m long. Average corrected SPT
value for each layer is given in the adjacent figure. Find
the allowable pile capacity by the following approaches.
a. IS: 2911 approach.
(By correlating N to .)

3m

b.

Meyerhofs formula fro Driven Piles

5m

c.

Point load by Vesics approach and other

considerations as per IS: 2911.
(Shear Modulus of Dense sand, Gs = 15 MPa)

8m

50 cm
OC clay
' = 23 kN/m3
Silty Clay
' = 12 kN/m3

3m

Medium Sand
' = 8 kN/m3

Dense sand
' = 9 kN/m3

N" = 14
N" = 18
N" = 24

N" = 40

3m

2.

3.

A 60 cm diameter concrete pile has been driven into the

ground which is 15 m long. The CPT data profile
between ground surface and the rock level is given in the
adjacent figure. Electric cone was used for collecting the
data. Find the allowable pile capacity by the following
approaches.
a. IS: 2911 approach.
b.

LCPC method for Point bearing and Dutch method

for frictional resistance.

c.

Dutch Method for both point bearing and side

friction.

a.

Determine the safe load for pile.

b.

Assuming that the point resistance and side friction

evolution occurs as assumed in the above analysis
and the working load of the pile is 80 tones,
calculate the elastic settlement of pile using Vesics
approach.

2.8

qc
15 m

fr

Cone bearing
qc in MPa
Friction ratio
fr in %
6m

Deflection in mm

A concrete pile of 50x50 cm cross-section is installed on

a site. Pile has embedded length of 15 m. Vertical cyclic
load test on this pile shows data as shown in the adjacent
figure. Find the point resistance and frictional resistance
of the pile. Youngs modulus of the pile material is 15
MPa.

60 cm
0

20

40

Load in tones
100 t

200 t

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CE-632: Foundation Analysis and Design

4.

A 50 cm diameter concrete pile has been driven into the ground which is 15 m long. A 5 tone trigger released
hammer is dropped from 2 m height for driving which has a coefficient of restitution e = 0.3. Concrete density is 24
kN/m3 and elastic modulus of pile is 20 MPa. Penetration for the last blow was 5 mm and average set was 4.5 mm.
Determine the safe pile capacity by Modified Hileys formula, Janbus formula, and Simplex formula if the total
number of blows used for driving were 430.

5.

A concrete pile of 50 cm dia is installed in a

predominantly sand deposit. Total length of the
pile is 20 m out of which 17 m is embedded into
the ground. Average density of soil is 19 kN/m3
and coefficient of horizontal subgrade modulus
variation h is 1.5x104 kN/m3. Youngs modulus
of concrete is 20 MPa.
a.

6.

Find the lateral deflection in the beam by the

IS:2911 approach. What happens if the top 3
m of pile is not constructed and fixed by a pile
cap as shown in the adjacent figure?

b.

Solve this problem again by Broms Chart

Method.

c.

Find the ultimate lateral resistance by Broms

Chart Method for both cases. If allowable
deflection at ground level is 25 mm, find the
factor of safety against ultimate strength.

A pile group consists 12 piles of 40 cm dia spaced

at 1.2 m. The site has predominantly normally
consolidated clay. Arrangement of the piles and
soil profile is given in the adjacent figure. The
ground water table is 4 m below the ground
surface. It is assumed that the soil above water
table has the same density as below. Calculate the
following for the pile group.
a. Determine group efficiency of the given pile
group, and also the allowable load bearing
capacity of pile group if the factor of safety is
taken as 4.
b. Determine the settlement of pile group at the
allowable load bearing capacity of pile group
based on the information provided in adjacent
figure. (You may use approximate stress
distribution by 2:1 method)

50 kN
3m

17 m

50 kN

50 cm

Medium Sand
' = 34

1.2 m
40 cm
1.2 m
1.2 m 1.2 m 1.2 m

4m

12 m

Clay, cu = 40 kN/m2
= 19 kN/m3
e0 = 0.95, Cc = 0.36

4m

12 m

8m

Clay, cu = 70 kN/m2
= 22 kN/m3
e0 = 0.78, Cc = 0.24

Clay, cu = 60 kN/m2
= 21 kN/m3
e0 = 0.82, Cc = 0.29