Pile Base Resistance
Pile base resistance for non-cohesive soils is given by:
where: | σefb | - | effective stress on the pile base |
Nq | - | ||
Ab | - | area of pile base |
The bearing capacity factor Nq is back-calculated by the program; however, its values can be manually modified.
For cohesive soils, the following expression holds:
where: | cu | - | undrained shear strength at the base |
Ab | - | area of pile base |