Design of 2 piles cap for compressive axial loads

Strut and tie model

Weightless pile cap v1.0 - 2016/04/23
Column compressive axial forces only Project:
Circular piles Element:
Struts as total discontinuity regions Date:
EN1992-1-1 Designer: ASC

Geometry and loads Legend

Pile cap
H 1m
D 1.5 m bx (x by)
ex
bx (x by)
ex

B 0.9 m NEd,1 NEd,2

d1 2

d1

lb/2
0.05 m
2

lb
CB1 CB2

H (x B)

H (x B)
h1
d2

h2
0.15 m 1 TB1 1 TB2

d2

d2
Column C D C C D C

bx 0.5 m
REd,1 REd,1 REd,2 REd,2

by 0.5 m b x (x b y)

As
ex

50.00 cm2 NEd

lb 0.55 m
NEd 3000 kN 2

d
CB

H (x B)
ex 0.25 m

h
1 TB

d2
Circular piles C D C

f 0.6 m REd REd

Bequiv 0.53 m Model 1 Model 2

Reinforcement steel Force distribution between models 1 and 2 Strut check

fyk 500 MPa Ac 0.25 m2 NEd 3000 kN h 0.73 m
fyd 434.8 MPa As 50 cm2 sc 9.4 MPa l 0.625 m
Ac,eff 0.2450 m2 ss 141 MPa H' 0.96 m
n 15 NEd,c (1) 2297 kN a21 0.26 m
Concrete resistance Aci 0.3200 m2 NEd,s (2) 703 kN by 0.5 m
fck fcd bef 0.65 m
Element [MPa] [MPa] B 0.9 m
Column 30 20.0 Calculation of forces in struts and ties Acm 0.36 m2
Cap 30 20.0 h q NEd REd TB CBx CBy CB k 0.6
Piles 30 20.0 Model [m] [º] [kN] [kN] [kN] [kN] [kN] [kN] n' 0.88
1 0.8 52.0 2297 1148 897 897 1148 1457 sRd,max,strut 10.6 MPa
Es/Ec 2 0.575 42.6 703 352 382 382 352 519 CB 1971 kN
a 15 Combined 0.73 49.5 3000 1500 1279 1279 1500 1971 sd 5.5 MPa
[<sRd,max,strut] OK

Node 1 - stress check (Combined model) - CCT node Node 2 - stress check (Model 1) - CCC node
b 0.53 m b 0.5 m
a1 0.53 m a2 0.5 m
u 0.30 m a22' 0.1 m
a12 0.60 m a21 0.26 m

k2 0.85 k1 1
finc 1.1 finc 1.1
n' 0.88 n' 0.88
fcd 20.0 MPa fcd 20.0 MPa
sRd,max,1 16.5 MPa sRd,max,2 19.4 MPa

Force Stress Check Force Stress Check

Plane [kN] [MPa] [<s Rd,max,1] Plane [kN] [MPa] [<sRd,max,2]
Pile connec. 1500 s1d 5.3 OK Column conn. 2297 s2d 9.2 OK
Strut 1971 s12d 6.2 OK Vertical 897 s22'd 17.9 OK
Strut 1457 s21d 11.3 OK

Reinforcement steel in main tie Reinforcement in secondary ties (CB and q in the combined model)
TB 1279 kN H' 0.96 m Horizontal reinforcement (in h) Vertical reinforcement (in l )
As1,req 29.43 cm2 a21 0.26 m Ash,req 10.77 cm2 Asv,req 9.18 cm2
N f As1,prov CB 1971 kN N f As1,prov N f As1,prov
[mm] [cm2] q 49.5 º [mm] [cm2] [mm] [cm2]
10 20 31.42 10 12 11.31 12 12 13.57
25 0.00 2T 615 kN 25 0.00 25 0.00
Total 31.42 2Th 468 kN Total 11.31 Total 13.57
OK 2Tv 399 kN OK OK
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