horizontal capacities in battered piles
horizontal capacities in battered piles
(OP)
I have been approached by a contractor to determine an alternate to a foundation proposed by another engineer. The alternate that he requests consists of using battered driven HP piles to resist horizontal forces. I do not have sufficient geotechnical information to provide the lateral capacity of the battered pile due to horizontal loads applied to the pile. I do have skin friction information, but would like to also count on the pile tip/bearing to provide some lateral resistance. If I know the batter and I know I am bearing on partially weathered rock, is there some ball park that I can use from the pile tip/bearing resistance?
Thanks!
Thanks!






RE: horizontal capacities in battered piles
If there was a reasonable amount of lateral capacity available then I imagine the original engineer would have used it rather than batter the piles.
RE: horizontal capacities in battered piles