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Ch. 9 - A 20 m long concrete pile is shown in Figure...Ch. 9 - Refer to the pile shown in Figure P9.1. Estimate...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.3PCh. 9 - A driven closed-ended pile, circular in cross...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.5PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.6PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.7PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.8PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.9PCh. 9 - A concrete pile 16 in. 16 in. in cross section is...
Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.11PCh. 9 - Solve Problem 12.13 using Eqs. (12.59) and...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.13PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.14PCh. 9 - A steel pile (H-section; HP 310 125; see Table...Ch. 9 - A concrete pile is 20 m long and has a cross...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.17PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.18PCh. 9 - Solve Problem 12.23 using the method of Broms....Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.20PCh. 9 - Solve Problem 12.25 using the modified EN formula....Ch. 9 - Solve Problem 12.25 using the modified Danish...Ch. 9 - Figure 12.49a shows a pile. Let L = 15 m, D (pile...Ch. 9 - Redo Problem 12.30 assuming that the water table...Ch. 9 - Refer to Figure 12.49b. Let L = 18 m, fill = 17...Ch. 9 - A concrete pile measuring 16 in. × 16 in. in cross...Ch. 9 - The plan of a group pile is shown in Figure...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.28PCh. 9 - The section of a 4 × 4 group pile in a layered...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.30P
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- Following is the variation of N60 with depth in a granular soil deposit. A concrete pile 9 m long (460 mm x 460 mm in cross section) is driven into the sand and fully embedded in the sand. Estimate the allowable load-carrying capacity of the pile (Qall). Use FS = 4 and Meyerhof’s equationsarrow_forwardRefer to Figure 18.13. Given L1 = 1.5 m, L2 = 3 m; for the sand, =33, =16.5kN/m3, sat=19.0kN/m3; and, for the clay, c=50kN/m2, =0, sat=20kN/m3. Determine the depth of sheet pile required, allowing for a 50% increase from the theoretical estimate.arrow_forwardRefer to the pile shown in Figure P9.1. Estimate the side resistance Qs by Using Eqs. (9.40) through (9.42). Use K = 1.5 and Coyle and Castello’s method [Eq. (9.44)]arrow_forward
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