Wow! Thanks!
Caveat: I admit that I may not be using the program correctly (thus, I'm asking for help). Also, boy, the numbers sure do look close to what's in the book... But I'm just not sure as this is a new program for me.
I'm trying Student Exercise #2, page 9-183 of HI097-013, that is, volume 1. Answers for depth of pile tip = 15 m are from page G-8, Rs = 1287kN; page G-9, Rt = lesser of 588 kN and 450kN, use 450 kN, Qu = 1287 + 450 = 1737 kN. Results from DRIVEN at depth = 15 m are someting like (forgive the formatting):
Depth Skin Friction End Bearing Total Capacity
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14.01 m 1073.27 kN 479.23 kN 1552.50 kN
15 m 1225.8 kN higher than 450 kN 1704.99 kN
(interpolated)
17.01 m 1535.37 kN 479.23 kN 2014.61 kN
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Here's the text dump:
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[PROJECT CLIENT: DaveVikingPE]
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[COMPUTED BY: DaveVikingPE]
[DATE: 01/10/2007]
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