Weight of drilled pier in skin friction condition
Weight of drilled pier in skin friction condition
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I have a project that requires deriving the drilled pier capacity from skin friction. I know that we can typically neglect the self weight of the pier in an end bearing condition because the soil weight being displaced is not that much less than the pier weight replacing it, however I'm not sure this applies to a skin friction condition.





RE: Weight of drilled pier in skin friction condition
RE: Weight of drilled pier in skin friction condition
Actual capacity of pier = TOtal capacity using side shear - Wt of driller pier
RE: Weight of drilled pier in skin friction condition
On another matter, the concrete placed in a friction pile should be vibrted for the top 10' just to consolidate it.
Dik