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Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

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where the bearing capacity factor:<br />

N� � tan 2� 45� � �<br />

2�<br />

The variations in caused by joints in the rock mass are demonstrated by the comparisons<br />

in Table 4.13 of observations of the ultimate base resistance of driven <strong>and</strong> bored piles<br />

terminated in weak mudstones, siltstones <strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>stones with the corresponding N� values<br />

calculated from equation 4.40. For these rocks the values as recommended by Wyllie (4.39)<br />

N� �<br />

are in the range of 27� to 34� giving N� values from 2.7 to 3.4.<br />

It will be noted that the calculated N� values in Table 4.13 are considerably lower than<br />

the range of 2.7 to 3.4 established for rocks with widely spaced <strong>and</strong> tight joints. The reduction<br />

is most probably due to the jointing characteristics of the rock formation in which the<br />

tests were made. A measure of the joint spacing is the rock quality designation (RQD)<br />

determined as described in Section 11.1.4. Kulhawy <strong>and</strong> Goodman (4.40,4.41) showed that<br />

the ultimate base resistance (q ub) can be related to the RQD of the rock mass as shown<br />

in Table 4.14.<br />

Where laboratory tests can be made on undisturbed samples of weak rocks to obtain the<br />

parameters c <strong>and</strong> , Kulhawy <strong>and</strong> Goodman (4.40, 4.41) �<br />

state that the ultimate bearing capacity of<br />

the jointed rock beneath the pile toe can be obtained from the equation:<br />

q ub � cN c � �DN q � � BN �<br />

2<br />

Resistance of piles to compressive loads 199<br />

(4.40)<br />

Table 4.13 Observed ultimate base resistance values of piles terminated in weak mudstones,<br />

siltstones, <strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>stones<br />

Description of rock <strong>Pile</strong> type Plate or pile Observed bearing Calculated<br />

diameter (mm) pressure at failure<br />

(MN/m 2 )<br />

Mudstone/siltstone Bored 900 5.6 0.25<br />

moderately weak<br />

Mudstone, highly to Plate test 457 9.2 1.25<br />

moderately weathered<br />

weak<br />

Cretaceous mudstone Bored 670 6.8 3.0<br />

weak, weathered,<br />

clayey<br />

Weak carbonate Driven 762 5.11 1.5<br />

siltstone/s<strong>and</strong>stone<br />

(coral detrital<br />

limestone)<br />

Calcareous s<strong>and</strong>stone Driven tube 200 3.0 1.2<br />

weak<br />

S<strong>and</strong>stone, weak to Driven 275 19 a 1.75<br />

moderately weak<br />

Note<br />

a From dynamic pile test.<br />

N �

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