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Pile caps are concrete mats that rests on piles with adequate rigidity to transfer the column loads to the piles. Piles are
provided as alternatives to shallow foundations when a firm and stable soil to carry column load is too deep below the
surface, or when high lateral load is anticipated. More often than not, pile caps are usually so rigid that they make the entire
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EN 1992-1-1:2004 permits us to use strut and tie models to analyse structures where non-linear strain distribution exists
(e.g. pile caps, deep beams and corbels).
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In strut and tie models, trusses are used with the following components:
• Struts (concrete)
• Ties (reinforcement)
• Nodes (intersections of struts and ties)

Eurocode 2 gives guidance for each of these.

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A 500mm x 500mm column is carrying an ultimate limit state load of 2140 kN. We are to design the pile cap using the
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Grade of concrete fck = 30 N/mm2 GOOGLE+ BADGE

Fyk = 500 N/mm2

Concrete cover = 75mm

Spacing of pile = 1800mm
Diameter of piles = 600mm

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Solution
The strut and tie model is as given below;

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Angle of inclination of strut γ = tan-1 (1100/900) = 50.710°
cos  γ = 0.633
sin γ = 0.7739
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Force in strut Fs = 1070/sinγ = 1382.6075 kN Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog
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Force in tie Ft = 1382.6075 cos γ = 875.15 KN
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Area of tension steel required As = Ft/0.87Fyk = (875.15 × 1000) / (0.87 × 500) = 2011.8 mm2

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Asmin = 0.13bh/100 = 0.0013 × 900 × 1200 = 1404 mm2
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Since pile spacing is less than three times pile diameter, the bars may be spread uniformly across the cap.

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Consider the critical section for shear to be located at 20% of the pile diameter inside the pile cap.

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By Considering Beam Supp
av = 0.5(Spacing between piles - width of column) - 0.3(pile diameter) Reactions
av = 0.5(1800 - 500) - 0.3(600) = 470 mm
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Length of corresponding perimeter for punching shear
u = 2(900 + 1440) = 4680mm
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Perimeter of pile cap = 2(900 + 2700) = 7200mm EUROCODE 3: A SAMPLE

Since the perimeter of the pile cap is less than 2u, normal shear extending across the full width of the pile cap is more What is wrong with this se
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critical than punching shear.

The contribution of the column load to the shear force may be reduced by applying a factor β = av/2d, where 0.5d ≤ av ≤ 2d Design of Pile Foundation
Load Test (Eurocode 7)

But a little consideration will show that av(470 mm) < 0.5d(550 mm), therefore, take av as 0.5d (550)

Therefore β = 550 / 2(1100) = 0.25 How to Prepare the Gener

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v = βV/bd

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V = 1070 KN + (Self weight of pile cap/2)
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Self weight of pile cap = 1.35(25 × 2.7 × 0.9 × 1.2) = 98.415 KN
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v = (0.25 × 1119.2 × 1000)/(2700 × 1100) = 0.0942 N/mm2
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VRd,c = [CRd,c.k.(100ρ1 fck)(1/3) + k1.σcp] ≥ (Vmin + k1.σcp) Example
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CRd,c = 0.18/γc = 0.18/1.5 = 0.12

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k = 1 + √(200/d) = 1 + √(200/1100) = 1.426 > 2.0, therefore, k = 1.426 Analysis (IGA)
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Vmin = 0.035k(3/2) fck0.5

Vmin = 0.035 × (1.426)1.5 × 300.5 = 0.326 N/mm2

ρ1 = As/bd = 2185/(2700 × 1100) = 0.0007356 > 0.02; Therefore take 0.02 FOLLOW US

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VRd,c = [0.12 × 1.426 (100 × 0.0007356 × 30)(1/3)]  = 0.2227  N/mm2

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v = V/ud

v = (2140 × 1000)/(2000 × 1100) = 0.972 N/mm2 FACEBOOK

VRd,max = 0.2(1 -  fck/250)fck Structville Engineering

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VRd,max = 0.2 (1 - 30/250)30 = 5.28 N/mm2

This shows that the punching shear around column perimeter is ok.
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NATHAN PATRICK APRIL 4, 2018 AT 3:08 AM

Thank you Sir. Am pleased with this calculation is quite brief. Can I Design the Pile Cap with Software, Showing all
work procedures like this Manual Calculation you Did.

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