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LCPC (Bustamante)

The LCPC - Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees method (also known as Bustamante method based on the works of Bustamante and Gianeselli) determines the maximum pressure at pile base pmax, base as follows:

where:

αp

-

pile base coefficient

qc, eq

-

equivalent average cone tip resistence

The maximum shaft friction pmax, shaft is given by:

where:

αs

-

shaft friction coefficient

qc, z, a

-

tip resistance

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