12.3 A 500 mm diameter and 20 m long concrete pile is driven into a sand where y = 18.5 kN/m³ and ' = 32°. Assuming 8' = 0.76' and K = 1.5 K, determine the load- carrying capacity of the pile, with a factor of safety of 3. Use Meyerhof's method [Eq. (12.18)] for computing the point load-carrying capacity Qp, and use Eqs. (12.42) and (12.43) for computing the load-carrying capacity of the pile shaft Q₁. 12.4 Redo Problem 12.3 using Coyle and Castello's methods for estimating both Q, and Q₁-

12.3 A 500 mm diameter and 20 m long concrete pile is driven into a sand where y = 18.5 kN/m³ and ' = 32°. Assuming 8' = 0.76' and K = 1.5 K, determine the load- carrying capacity of the pile, with a factor of safety of 3. Use Meyerhof's method [Eq. (12.18)] for computing the point load-carrying capacity Qp, and use Eqs. (12.42) and (12.43) for computing the load-carrying capacity of the pile shaft Q₁. 12.4 Redo Problem 12.3 using Coyle and Castello's methods for estimating both Q, and Q₁-

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Chapter12: Pile Foundations

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Problem 12.3P: A 500 mm diameter are 20 m long concrete pile is driven into a sand where = 18.5 kN/m3 and = 32....

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