Values of E and µ (Table 1) are different for the same thickness of the soil layer for different diameters of

the Pile. This is done in order to validate the safe pile capacity obtained from the PLAXIS 2D and charts
given in Geotechnical Investigation Report.

Table 1. Modeling parameters used for the validation of chart results

Diameter (mm) Soil Profile E (kN/m2 ) µ φ ( ͦ) C (kN/m2 )

Layer 1 200 .2 33 ̵
Layer 2 3200 .2 39 ̵
Layer 3 500 .1 ̵ 65
400
Layer 4 2200 .2 34 ̵
Layer 5 3000 .2 37 ̵
Layer 1 750 .2 33 ̵
Layer 2 3000 .2 39 ̵
Layer 3 1400 .1 ̵ 65
450
Layer 4 1400 .2 34 ̵
Layer 5 2700 .2 34 ̵
Layer 1 1400 .2 33 ̵
Layer 2 4500 .2 39 ̵
Layer 3 1500 .1 ̵ 65
500
Layer 4 1500 .2 34 ̵
Layer 5 2800 .2 37 ̵
Layer 1 1000 .2 33 ̵
Layer 2 3500 .2 39 ̵
Layer 3 1500 .1 ̵ 65
550
Layer 4 1500 .2 34 ̵
Layer 5 2800 .2 37 ̵
Layer 1 3000 .2 33 ̵
Layer 2 5500 .2 39 ̵
Layer 3 4000 .1 ̵ 65
600 Layer 4 4500 .2 34 ̵
Layer 5 5000 .2 37 ̵
Layer 1 3500 .2 33 ̵
Layer 2 14000 .2 39 ̵
Layer 3 10000 .1 ̵ 65
750
Layer 4 12000 .2 34 ̵
Layer 5 13000 .2 37 ̵
 250

225
Chart
200 Plaxis2D
Safe pile capacity (tonnes)

175

150

125

100

75

50
350 450 550 650 750 850
Diameter (mm)
Fig. 1 Comparison of Safe Pile Capacity for different diameters of the pile