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DEEP

FOUNDATIONS
BABY HAZEL B. RAMIREZ
Deep Foundation
a type of foundation which is placed at a
greater depth below the ground surface and
transfers structure loads to the earth at
depth.
can be described as deep foundation if its
depth is greater than about 3.5 m below the
ground surface.
Types of
Deep Foundation
1 2

PILE DRILLED
PIER
Pile
They are formed by long, slender,
columnar elements typically made from
steel or reinforced concrete, or
sometimes timber. A foundation is
described as 'piled' when its depth is
more than three times its width.
Drilled Pier
also known as a drilled shaft, drilled
caisson or simply caisson, or bored
pile)
it is a cast-in-place pile, generally
having a diameter of about 2.5 ft
( ≈ 750 mm) or more.
The ultimate load-carrying capacity
(Qu) of the piles depends entirely on the
Qu = Qp
load-bearing capacity of the bedrock or where:

rock-like material, and the piles are Qu = ultimate load-carrying capacity of


called point-bearing piles or end-bearing the pile
piles, and therefore it is given as Qp = load-carrying capacity of the pile
(a) Point-bearing pile (end-bearing pile)
(b) friction pile (shaft friction or skin friction)
Ultimate unit point resistance

where:
qu = unconfined compression strength of rock
ϕ = drained angle of internal friction
Point capacity or end-bearing capacity of the pile

where
Ap = area of the pile point
Design load-carrying capacity or allowable load-carrying
capacity of a pile

where
FS = factor of safety
Ultimate load carrying capacity of the pile based on the yield strength
Example
A pile of diameter of 60 cm and length of 10 m passes through the highly
jointed and weathered rock mass and rests on a shale bed. For shale,
laboratory unconfined compressive strength = 38 MPa and drained friction
angle = 26°. Estimate the allowable point capacity of the pile. Assume that the
pile material has sufficient strength and use a factor of safety of 5.
Solution
Given:
D = 60cm = 0.60m
L= 10m
qu(lab) = 38MPa
ϕ = 26°
FS = 5
Thank you!

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