I am designing a vertical concrete support pier for a navigation canal closure gate. The pier is quite massive - 16' wide x 50' long x 34' tall approx and is solid concrete. Ordinarily I would design this by hand as a cantilevered beam; solve for moments about the base, and size reinforcing...
I am designing a new steel pile foundation for what is essentially a very large retaining wall in the Katrina-damaged areas around New Orleans. There is an existing timber pile foundation in the area, but it was damaged in the storm, and we aren't relying on it at all. My question it this...
