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    Help with PIT test intepretation

    Hi, long time haven't post in here, Right now i'm having a problem of making a decision whether a CSP pile is acceptable or not. I had a report of a PIT (Pile Intergrity Test) of 13 driven CSP piles condition, the report contains the PIT Graphs and also the summary of BTA value. From the BTA...
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    Pile group efficiency for circular pattern

    Thank you very much jalthi and fixed earth for your kind reply, well atm, i am the senior engineer in my firm, most of them left and i'm the only one left with no experience and tools, which makes me only rely on spreadsheet calculations.
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    Pile group efficiency for circular pattern

    @Jalthi actually the Geometric effectivity stands for the pile group efficiency (Eg) which depends on the pattern of the pile, since the i can't use the converse-labbre equation, i use that one from the journal i found. @Fixed earth thanks for your suggestions, I'm not very knowledgeable in...
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    Pile group efficiency for circular pattern

    Thank you for replying Jalthi :) So basically if i find another case with pile group which has irregular pattern like this i can overlook it if the spacing larger than 3 times the diameter right? And in my current design i use a statement from a journal which says that the basic formula for...
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    Pile group efficiency for circular pattern

    My name is jeff, and a fresh graduate structural engineer. I'm facing a problem in reviewing a foundation for a fuel tank, the foundation is composed of 13 dia.400 m CSP pile, with the circular patterns as i attach below: the problem is, i can't find the efficiency for circular patterned pile...

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