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Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

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260 <strong>Pile</strong> groups under compressive loading<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

f1 4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

0 10 20 30 40<br />

Plasticity index<br />

50<br />

Modulus of volume compressibility<br />

� mv� (m2 60 70<br />

1.0<br />

0.8<br />

1<br />

MN)<br />

f2N 0.6<br />

f2 0.4<br />

0.2<br />

Mass shear strength<br />

� c � f 1 N (kN/m 2 )<br />

0<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70<br />

Plasticity index<br />

Figure 5.22 Relationship between mass shear strength, modulus of volume compressibility, plasticity<br />

index, <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ard penetration test N-values (after Stroud (5.7) ) (a) N-value versus<br />

undrained shear strength (b) N-value versus modulus of volume compressibility.<br />

The total settlement of the pile group is then the sum of the immediate <strong>and</strong> consolidation<br />

settlements calculated for each separate layer. A typical case is a gradual decrease in compressibility<br />

with depth. In such a case the stressed zone beneath the pile group is divided<br />

into a number of separate horizontal layers, the value of mv for each layer being obtained by<br />

plotting mv against the depth as determined from the laboratory oedometer tests. The base<br />

of the lowermost layer is taken as the level at which the vertical stress has decreased to<br />

one-tenth of qn. The depth factor �d is applied to the sum of the consolidation settlements<br />

calculated for each layer. It is not applied to the immediate settlement if the latter has been<br />

calculated from the factors in Figure 5.20.<br />

Another method of estimating the total settlement of a structure on an over-consolidated<br />

clay is to use equation 5.14, making the substitution of a deformation modulus obtained for<br />

loading under drained conditions. This modulus is designated by the term Ev�, which is<br />

substituted for Eu in the equation. It is approximately equal to 1/mv. The equation implies<br />

a homogeneous <strong>and</strong> elastic material <strong>and</strong> thus it is not strictly valid when used to calculate<br />

consolidation settlements. However, when applied to over-consolidated clays for which the<br />

settlements are relatively small, the method has been found by experience to give reasonably<br />

reliable predictions. Success in using the method depends on the collection of sufficient data

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