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Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

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384 Structural design of piles <strong>and</strong> pile groups<br />

Effective lengths for reinforced concrete piles when regarded as columns are defined by<br />

EC2 (Clause 5.8.3.2):<br />

Restrained at both ends in position <strong>and</strong> direction: 0.5 L<br />

Restrained at both ends in position <strong>and</strong> one end in direction: 0.7 L<br />

Restrained at both ends in position but not in direction: 1.0 L<br />

Restrained at one end in position <strong>and</strong> direction <strong>and</strong> at the other end in<br />

direction but not in position: 1.0 L<br />

Restrained at one end in position <strong>and</strong> direction <strong>and</strong> free at the other end: 2.0 L<br />

EC3 (BS EN 1993-1-1: 2005) is currently silent on effective lengths for steel piles<br />

when regarded as columns, requiring the application of the guidance given in BS 5950<br />

part 1, which is slightly different from the above factors.<br />

A pile embedded in the soil can be regarded as properly restrained in position <strong>and</strong><br />

direction at the point of virtual fixity in the soil. The restraint at the upper end depends<br />

on the design of the pile cap <strong>and</strong> the extent to which the pile cap is restrained against<br />

movement by its connection with adjacent pile caps or structures. Some typical cases of<br />

the restraint of piles are shown in Figure 7.4a to e. The condition shown in Figure 7.4e<br />

Tie beams<br />

holding pile cap<br />

in position<br />

Hard rock<br />

(a) (b)<br />

Cable<br />

anchors<br />

Soft<br />

clay<br />

Raking piles in<br />

four<br />

directions<br />

(c) (d) (e)<br />

Tie beams holding<br />

pile cap in position<br />

Figure 7.4 Conditions of restraint for vertical piles (a) Restrained at top <strong>and</strong> bottom in position <strong>and</strong><br />

direction (b) Restrained at bottom in position <strong>and</strong> direction; restrained at top in position<br />

but not in direction (c) Restrained at top <strong>and</strong> bottom in position but not in direction<br />

(d) Restrained at bottom in position <strong>and</strong> direction; restrained at top in direction but not<br />

in position (e) Restrained at bottom in position <strong>and</strong> direction; unrestrained at top in<br />

position or direction.

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