Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
14 Aug 2008, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Abstract
Lateral earth resistance of pile cap is usually ignored in the design practice in the United States. This part of lateral resistance could be significant for a large pile group design, particularly when the lateral load controls the design. A method is presented to calculate the lateral resistance of the pile cap based on FEMA 356 and compared with an approach from the Chinese Design Code. With the consideration of lateral resistance of the pile cap, an optimum spacing is found for a large strip-shape pile group to provide maximum lateral resistance. This design approach is applied to a case study – a natural gas-fueled turbine power plant built near Nanjing City, China.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Zheng, Wei, "Large Pile Group Design Optimization with Lateral Resistance of Pile Cap" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 8.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session04/8
Large Pile Group Design Optimization with Lateral Resistance of Pile Cap
Arlington, Virginia
Lateral earth resistance of pile cap is usually ignored in the design practice in the United States. This part of lateral resistance could be significant for a large pile group design, particularly when the lateral load controls the design. A method is presented to calculate the lateral resistance of the pile cap based on FEMA 356 and compared with an approach from the Chinese Design Code. With the consideration of lateral resistance of the pile cap, an optimum spacing is found for a large strip-shape pile group to provide maximum lateral resistance. This design approach is applied to a case study – a natural gas-fueled turbine power plant built near Nanjing City, China.
