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This material is copyright - all rights reserved. Reproduced under licence from The <strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute on 12/2/2007<br />

To buy a hardcopy version of this document call 01344 872775 or go to http://shop.steelbiz.<strong>org</strong>/<br />

<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

72 kPa. Further information can be found in API RP 2A 4 or in the SCI <strong>Steel</strong> Bearing<br />

Piles Guide. 11<br />

Base resistance<br />

It is common to calculate the base capacity of piles in clay in terms of the undrained<br />

shear strength c u. The magnitude of the base resistance capacity q b generated in<br />

cohesive soils is given in BS 8004 12 as:<br />

qb = 9c u<br />

where c u is the undrained triaxial test shear strength of the soil beneath the toe.<br />

As an indication, the undrained shear strength of cohesive soils is generally in the<br />

range from 20 kN/m 2 for soft clay to 400 kN/m 2 for very stiff or hard clays. For this<br />

range of c u, the base resistance values are in the range 0.2–3.6 MPa.<br />

29.1.3.8 Ultimate capacity in cohesionless soils<br />

Shaft friction<br />

The unit shaft friction qs for a driven sheet pile in granular soil is given by:<br />

qs = 2Nb where N b is the average standard penetration test (SPT) value for each soil layer.<br />

Base resistance<br />

Bearing piles 877<br />

The magnitude of the base resistance capacity, qb, generated by a driven sheet pile<br />

in cohesionless soils can be obtained from the relationship:<br />

qb = 400Nb where N b is the standard penetration test value at the level of the pile tip.<br />

For sands, the base resistance values are an order of magnitude greater than for<br />

cohesive soils and range in value up to 40 MPa, which is experienced over the steel<br />

wall end bearing area. This value may seem high in relation to the 10 MPa quoted<br />

in BS 8004, 12 but that was based on bored concrete piles. The higher values have<br />

been verified by steel pile load tests, and even higher values (up to 70 MPa) have<br />

been measured in sands offshore. The wall endbearing resistance in granular soils<br />

is generally some 50% of the total load resistance for driven steel piles and therefore<br />

should always be calculated carefully.

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