Anyone know why an engineer would spec out a fender pile to have 1,900 kips of axial capacity? I would think EI, Ma and radial compression would be the most important design criteria for a fender pile.
Question is going around the office since this spec doesn't seem to make sense.
Hi, I was wrestling with a thought experiment about the relative end displacements of a pipe with many bends in it versus a straight pipe (See attached) For ease of calcs lets just say that the total length of pipe for both types is ~100ft, and the cross sectional area of the pipe is 1 sq-ft...
