Capacity of Permanent Caisson Foundation

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Capacity of Permanent Caisson Foundation

Kpaudel (Geotechnical)

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1 Jul 16 06:11

Simply press some words with your opinion,
is 850 kPa of bearing capacity with FoS of 3, achievable for 10 m dia 20 m deep caisson rest on medium dense sand with SPT N 30?

EireChch (Geotechnical) · Answer 1 · 2016-07-01 10:45:30

10m dia? Surely a mistake?

my apologies, I thought caisson referred to a bored pile and I havnt seen a bored pile 10m in dia.

Anywasy - more to the point, i agree, what are you building ?

BUGGAR (Structural) · Answer 2 · 2016-07-01 14:33:32

We did some 40 ft x 60 ft floating concrete caissons so why not 10m?

My opinion must first be fed by my curiosity. What are you building?

Kpaudel (Geotechnical) · Answer 3 · 2016-07-01 15:21:57

Dear EireChch,

Yes it's 10 m dia well/caisson for bridge foundation.

This one is reference for you

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_(engineeri...)

Yes Buggar we are going to construct bridge.

oldestguy (Geotechnical) · Answer 4 · 2016-07-01 15:44:18

I'd look more at figuring expected settlement as controlling design.

LRJ (Civil/Environmental) · Answer 5 · 2016-07-02 06:11:10

Agreed that settlement is likely to dominate design. Scour is likely to be a further issue.

hokie66 (Structural) · Answer 6 · 2016-07-02 07:04:55

850 kPa is a lot of load on sand. But I agree with others that settlement is what matters. What do you know about how far down the sand layer goes, and what is underneath? When you say 850 with a FS of 3, do you mean 850 is the service load bearing pressure?

BUGGAR (Structural) · Answer 7 · 2016-07-02 13:37:17

Are you excavating overburden soils for the caisson? Caisson details? Yours is large enough that it is likely cellular. Will the cells be weighted? Sounds very interesting but very vague.

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