Software for Analysis and Design of Pile Foundation

Abstract

Software has always satisfied almost all the needs of the user, and nowadays the use of computer has been done for all such applications and needs.

The work includes the study of static analysis of pile foundation considering the different types of soils such as clays with different consistency, sand with different density having different angle of internal friction and layers of sand and clay. It also includes different pile parameters such as shape (circular, square & rectangular), length, installation of the pile, spacing of piles in groups and pattern of the pile group. In addition to this the study also includes the analyses of pile foundation for different types of loads such as co-centric, eccentric and lateral loads. The analysis and design of single pile & group of pile considering the variation in parameters as above is also included. The design of single pile and pile group is also been included in this study. The pile cap analysis and design is also included in this study.

A computer program using C++ language is prepared to handle the various combinations of soil parameters and loads as described above. The programs give the skin resistance for each layer, base resistance and the ultimate bearing capacity of the pile and pile group for the given soil condition. The analysis & design program gives the number of piles, dimension of the pile, and spacing of piles in the pile group for various soil conditions. The study also includes & shows the reinforcement details for individual pile & pile group.

The validity of the program is checked with the manual calculations.