Pile Cap Design
Pile Cap Design
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I am just curious what everyone uses to design pile caps.
Is there a certain program that is good for pile cap design?Does anyone still use quick and dirty hand methods?
I am refering to the structural design of the pile cap, not the distribution of forces to the individual piles.
Is there a certain program that is good for pile cap design?Does anyone still use quick and dirty hand methods?
I am refering to the structural design of the pile cap, not the distribution of forces to the individual piles.






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This links gives you technical specs:
http://www.digitalcanal.com/structural/pcspec.htm
You can also download a working trial copy.
Regards,
Lutfi
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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Staad..
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i still have it on my computer at home
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website: structuraltools.com
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Buy a CRSI manual with the caps already designed in the tables.
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I've also always wondered with S&T designed pile caps: is it best to concentrate all of the tie reinf over the piles or can it be distributed across the entire cap? It seems to me that distribution would be desirable and possible, so long as you considered the impact on tie development length etc.
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don't make it too complicated. assume each pile beyond that failure plane (probable shear crack is a better term) has it's full capacity, apply those shears and moments to the cap.
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Beam analysis with typical program? You can't use a strictly beam analysis or you'll overlook punching shears. And, I'm not sure they do deep shear.
Some of the other general purpose programs can be used very successfully but for a quick check they can be a little cumbersome. Also have to be careful with punching shear results when using the deep finite elements that they use. Sometimes we get very strange results.
No, it does not have to be too complicated but after checking caps for a large project the hand calculations became tiresome.