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Calculating capacity for battered piles

Calculating capacity for battered piles

Calculating capacity for battered piles

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A question: I performed an axial capacity calculation for a vertical pile. Do I need to adjust this capacity for a battered pile when I present it to the structural engineer even though he will decide the batter angle?

RE: Calculating capacity for battered piles

Assume the structural engineer knows nothing. Give both axial and lateral capacity as individual and as a group of piles.  Show the variation of the vertical capacity with the change in slope from vertical.  Graphical forms with usable capacities works best.

RE: Calculating capacity for battered piles

If the axial capacity doesnt change, only the vertical component due to the batter, then this should be obvious to the structural engineer. Cover it with a note maybe.

If the axial capacity changes with changing batter then the structural engineer will not know how to calculate this.

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