<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article is a review of the current problems of the foundation pile capacity calculations. The article considers the main principles of pile capacity calculations presented in Eurocode 7 and other methods with adequate explanations. Two main methods are presented: <italic>α</italic> – method used to calculate the short-term load capacity of piles in cohesive soils and <italic>β</italic> – method used to calculate the long-term load capacity of piles in both cohesive and cohesionless soils. Moreover, methods based on cone CPTu result are presented as well as the pile capacity problem based on static tests.</p></abstract>

The article is a review of the current problems of the foundation pile capacity calculations. The article considers the main principles of pile capacity calculations presented in Eurocode 7 and other methods with adequate explanations. Two main methods are presented: α – method used to calculate the short-term load capacity of piles in cohesive soils and β – method used to calculate the long-term load capacity of piles in both cohesive and cohesionless soils. Moreover, methods based on cone CPTu result are presented as well as the pile capacity problem based on static tests.

Pile Load Capacity – Calculation Methods

Civil Engineering Department, Institute of Structures Mechanics, Soil-Structure-Interaction Branch, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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The article is a review of the current problems of the foundation pile capacity calculations. The article considers the main principles of pile capacity...

Pile Load Capacity – Calculation Methods

Published Online: Feb 12, 2016

Page range: 83 - 93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sgem-2015-0048

Keywords
pile load capacity calculation, Eurocode 7, α – method and β – method, direct methods based on CPTu data

© 2015 Bogumił Wrana, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Pile Load Capacity – Calculation Methods

Published Online: Feb 12, 2016

Page range: 83 - 93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sgem-2015-0048

Keywordspile load capacity calculation, Eurocode 7, α – method and β – method, direct methods based on CPTu data

© 2015 Bogumił Wrana, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pile load capacity calculation, Eurocode 7, α – method and β – method, direct methods based on CPTu data