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Effective stress method

The effective stress method allows for calculating the vertical bearing capacity of an isolated pile in both cohesive and non-cohesive soils. This method is suitable for drained conditions – i.e. conditions that prevail after sufficient time passed the construction.

The pile shaft resistance is given by:

where: qs, j - shaft resistance in the j-th layer
β p,j - coefficients according to Bjerrum and Burland in the j-th layer
σ0, j - average effective stress due to overburden acting along the pile in the j-th layer
Asj - pile shaft area in the j-th layer


The pile base resistance is given by:

where: qp - unit pile base resistance
Ab - pile base area
Np - pile base resistance coefficient (according Fellenius)
σp - effective stress due to overburden acting at pile base



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