Pile Capacity Quick Help!!!
Pile Capacity Quick Help!!!
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I am not a geotech...I need a ball park figure for the capacity of an 8" tip timber pile driven below water into fine sand 6ft. The first 2 ft was reported to be dense fine sand with N=40. After that it is medium dense fine sand with silt with N=20.
What would be a resonable bearing capacity using end bearing alone and then using the skin friction too?
I was given very high numbers that I don't think are right. Are there any rules of thumb for end bearing and skin friction?
What would be a resonable bearing capacity using end bearing alone and then using the skin friction too?
I was given very high numbers that I don't think are right. Are there any rules of thumb for end bearing and skin friction?





RE: Pile Capacity Quick Help!!!
RE: Pile Capacity Quick Help!!!
RE: Pile Capacity Quick Help!!!
RE: Pile Capacity Quick Help!!!
You may not be able to design for more than 8 or 10 tons out of a pile that is jetted.
RE: Pile Capacity Quick Help!!!
A common way to install docks is by jetting. Can you check out any similar sites where jetting was used and see how the job looks? That jetting will destroy a lot of that density that is now present. It even will mess up the end bearing. 10 tons is plenty then. What's going on top? Can that settle a little?