Phase VI · Engineering Design Studio · Week 5–8
Pile and Deep Foundation Design Studio
Design driven piles, drilled shafts and pile groups for axial, uplift and lateral demands.
AASHTO LRFD 10
FHWA GEC
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Add a deep foundation to record its inputs, capacity and governing check.
Learning objectives
- Compute skin friction and end bearing
- Design pile groups
- Check lateral capacity
Engineering judgment
- Group efficiency reduces capacity.
- Downdrag can reverse the sign of skin friction.
Governing standards
NAVFAC DM-7
Soil Mechanics and Foundations
Bearing capacity, earth pressure, slope stability
DM-7.01DM-7.02
Recommended next step
Settlement and Ground Improvement Studio
Predict immediate, consolidation and secondary settlement and select ground improvement when limits are exceeded.
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