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Lateral Pile Capacity Caculation Using Broms's Method (Free Head Type)

1. Broms's method is used to calculate the allowable lateral load on piles considering both the ultimate failure load and acceptable deflection criteria. 2. To calculate ultimate lateral load, soil properties like density, modulus of subgrade reaction, and pile properties are determined. Dimensionless factors are used to select values from charts to find the ultimate load capacity. 3. Acceptable deflection is calculated using pile and soil properties to select the working load from a chart based on allowable deflection. 4. The smaller of the ultimate capacity and working load based on deflection is taken as the allowable lateral capacity for pile foundation design.

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Lateral Pile Capacity Caculation Using Broms's Method (Free Head Type)

1. Broms's method is used to calculate the allowable lateral load on piles considering both the ultimate failure load and acceptable deflection criteria. 2. To calculate ultimate lateral load, soil properties like density, modulus of subgrade reaction, and pile properties are determined. Dimensionless factors are used to select values from charts to find the ultimate load capacity. 3. Acceptable deflection is calculated using pile and soil properties to select the working load from a chart based on allowable deflection. 4. The smaller of the ultimate capacity and working load based on deflection is taken as the allowable lateral capacity for pile foundation design.

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◆ Lateral Pile Capacity Caculation using Broms's Method (Free head type)

The allowable lateral load on piles is determined from the following two criteria:

①  Allowable lateral load is obtained by dividing the ultimate (failure) load by an adequate factor of safety.
② Allowable lateral load is corresponding to an acceptable lateral deflection.
The smaller of the two above values is the one actually adopted as the design lateral load.
Methods of calculating lateral resistance of vertical piles can be broadly divided into two categories.

- Pile Parameters
Elastic Moment of ec Pile yield Pile
Pile Dia. Thickness
Pile Type Modulus Inertia Moment Length Soil Type
(b, mm) (t, mm) (Ep,kgf/cm2) ( Ip, cm4) (ec, mm) (My, kg-cm) (D, m)
400 65.0 4.0E+05 106,435 0.0 9.2E+05 8.0

PC (b, in) (t, in) (Ep, psi) ( Ip, in )


4 (ec, in) (My, lb-in) (D, in) Loose Sand
15.7 2.6 5.6E+06 2,557 0.0 8.0E+05 315.0

※ ec : Eccentricity of applied load for free-headed piles (i.e., vertical distance between ground surface and lateral load)

1. Methods of Calculating Ultimate Lateral Resistance

1) The general soil type within the critical depth (approximately 4 to 5 pile diameters = 2.0 m) below the ground surface is
considered to be very loose sand (cohesionless soil) from the soil report.

2) Determine the coefficient of horizontal subgrade reaction (Kh) within the critical depth for cohesionless soils.

Values of the coefficient of modulus variation Kh are obtained from the following Table.
(The values of given in following table were determined by Terzaghi.)

Kh (lb/in3)
Soil Above
Density Groundwate Below
r Groundwater
Loose 7 4
Medium 30 20
Dense 65 40 ∴ Choose from the Table = 7 lb/in3 (above ground water)

3) Determine the dimensionless length factor

η=5√ K h / EI = 0.0137 /in : for cohesionless soils

ηD = 0.0137 x (Embedded pile length) = 0.0137 x 315 in

= 4.31 in > 4.0 ∴ long pile caculation procedure!

4) Determine the other required soil parameters over the embedded length of the pile.

a) The Rankine passive earth pressure coefficient for cohesionless soil (Kp)

K p =tan 2 ( 45+φ /2) = 2.77

b) The average effective unit weight of the soil

γ (psi)= 1.7 t/m3 = 0.06 lb/in3


5) Determine the ultimate lateral load for a single pile (Qu)

Long free headed pile in cohesionless soil – using M y / γb 4 K p (and e c / b for free headed case)
3
enter Figure 1 and select the corresponding value of Q u / K p b γ and solve for Q u

ec / b = 0 / 15.75 = 0.0

M y /γb 4 K p = 797741.4 / [ 0.06 × 15.75^4 × 2.77 ] = 78.04


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Qu / K p b γ = 30

∴ Qu = 30 x 2.77 x 15.75^3 x 0.06 = 19.47 kips = 8.83 ton

6) Calculate the maximum allowable working load for a single pile (Qm)

Qm=Qu /¿ ¿ 3.0 = 2.94 ton

2. Methods of Calculating Acceptable Deflection at Working Lateral Load

1) Calculate the working load for a single pile (Qa)

Calculate Q a corresponding to a given design deflection at the ground surface (y) or the deflection corresponding
to a given design load.

Free headed pile in cohesionless soil – using ηD (and e c / D for free headed case) enter Figure 2 and
3/ 5
select the corresponding value of y ( EI ) K h 2/ 5 / Q a D and solve for Qa of y.

ec / D = 0.0 , ηD = 4.31 , y = 1.0 cm = 0.39 in


3/ 5
y ( EI ) K / Q a D = 0.55
h 2/ 5

∴ Qa =0.39 x (5574602.1 x 2556.83)^0.6 x (7)^0.4 / (0.55 x 314.96)

= 6.12 kips = 2.78 ton

3. Determination of Allowable Lateral Capacity

Compare Qa to Qm

If Qa < Qm use Qa and y

Since Qa = 2.78 ton < Qm = 2.94 ton , use Q_allow = 2.78 ton (for Pile Foundation Design)
Attachment

Figure 1. Ultimate Lateral Load Capacity of Long Pile in Cohesionless Soils


Figure 2. Lateral Deflection at Ground Surface of Piles in Cohesionless Soils

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