Example Pile Cap Design Verification
This example was taken from CRSI Design Handbook 2002, pages 13-23, with some minor modifications.
Pile/Pile Cap Parameters
- Pile Capacity, P = 50 tons = 100 kips
- Pile Diameter, dp= 8"
- Column Loads:
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Pservice = 625 kips
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Pu= 1000 kips
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Mu min = 50 kip-ft
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Mu maj= 25 kip-ft
- Column Dimensions, a = 20", b = 16"
- Concrete Strength, f'c= 3,000 psi
- Reinforcing Steel Strength, fy= 60,000 psi
- Pile Embedment into Cap = 6"
- Concrete Clear Cover = 3"
- Construction Tolerance = 3"