CALCULATION OF PILE CAPACITY:

Ru = Ultimate base resistance

= Ap ( 0.5 x D x x N + Pd x Nq ) + Ap x Nc x Cp

where
Ap
D

=
=
=
=
=

Crossectional area of base of pile

Pile Diameter in cm
Effective unit weight of soil at pile tip in kg/cm 3
angle of internal friction
Bearing Capacity factor

=
=
=
=
=

Pd

12.208
9

Nq

Effective overburden pressure at pile tip limited to

20 times diameter of pile for piles having length
equal to more than 20 times diameter
Bearing Capacity factor

Nc

Bearing Capacity factor usually taken as 9

Cp

Average cohesion at pile tip

(from unconsolidated undrained test)

Ru

11309.73 cm2
120 cm
0.001 kg/cm3
26
13.184
2.05

2.4
2.05

0.22 kg/cm2

314381.6 kg

=
=
=
=

1
200
0.001
1.5

2
350
0.001
1.5

3
300
0.001
1.5

4
300
0.001
1.5

5
200
0.001
1.5

6
150
0.001
1.5

0.1

0.375

0.7

1.25

1.425

30.5

30.5

31

32

32

21

Rf = Ultimate side resistance

= K x Pdi x tan x Asi + x C x As

i=1

ith layer
depth

Coefficient of earth pressure

Initial value of K may be taken as 1.5 which can be
further increased upto 1.8 in particular cases as
specified in Clause 709.2.2 (v)

Pdi

Effective overburden pressure in kg/cm 2 along

=
th
embeddment of pile for the i layer where i varies
from 1 to n
Angle of wall friction between pile and soil in degrees =
It may be taken equal to angle of internal friction of soil

Asi

Surface area of pile shaft in cm 2 in the ith layer

75398.22 131946.9 113097.3 113097.3 75398.22 56548.67

K x Pdi x tan x Asi

C
=

Cohesion in kg/cm

6661.942
0

=
=

Reduction factor
Average cohesion in kg/cm2 throughout the
embedded length of pile (from unconsoilidated
undrained test

=
=

0.3
0.102927

As

Surface area of pile shaft in cm 2

772831.8

Total Rf

655598
387.9919

Pile capacity = Ru + Rf

Pile capacity after applying a FOS = 2.5 =

969979.6 kg
387991.9 kg at

20.5 m depth

43719 71353.52 106006.6 88338.82 46398.71

0
0
0
0
0.6

27
23.5
18

951
804
260

7
550
0.001
1.5

8
0
1.5

9
0
0
1.5

1.775

2.05

26
207345.1

10
0
1.5

11
0
0
1.5

12
0
0
1.5

13
0
0
1.5

14
0
1.5

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

269255.9
0.22

0
0

20
457.8182
867

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

phi
1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
5.000
6.000
7.000
8.000
9.000
10.000
11.000

0.000
5.000
10.000
15.000
20.000
25.000
30.000
35.000
40.000
45.000
50.000

Nc
5.140
6.490
8.350
10.980
14.830
20.720
30.140
46.120
75.310
138.880
266.890

Nq
1.000
1.570
2.470
3.940
6.400
10.660
18.400
33.300
64.200
134.880
319.070

Ngamma
0.000
0.450
1.220
2.650
5.390
10.880
22.400
48.030
109.410
271.760
762.890

26.000

6.000

for phi = 26 degree

phi
Nc
Nq
Ngamma
25.000
20.720
10.660
10.880
30.000
30.140
18.400
22.400

or phi = 26 degree

22.604

12.208

13.184