Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 9)
9.
A pile is being driven with a drop hammer weighing 1800 kg and having a free fall of 1.00 m. If the penetration with last blow is 5 mm, the load carrying capacity of the pile, -according to the Engineering News formula, is
100 tonnes
50 tonnes
20 tonnes
10 tonnes.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Dheeraj said:   6 years ago
Thanks @Abhay.

Aryan said:   6 years ago
Thanks all for explaining.

Reka said:   6 years ago
Thanks, @Abhay.

Pratima Yadav said:   1 decade ago
Engineering News Formula,

Q = W*h/ (s+c).

Where,
Q = Energy loss.
W = weight of the ram.
h = fall height of the ram (inches).
s = measured penetration of the pile per blow (inches).
c = 0.1.

Ragini said:   7 years ago
Thanks for the explanation @Abhay.

Ravindra said:   7 years ago
S -5 blow for drop hammer.
And 20 blow for a steam hammer.
C -2.5 for drop hammer in cm.
And .25 for steam hammer.

Q= W(load in kg)*H(free fall in cm)/Fos*(S+C).

@rocky said:   9 years ago
C is known as elastic compression.

Samrat said:   10 years ago
Dear @Mann.

Can you elaborate how you get the answer 10 tonne?

What FOS you have taken? Is it F = 10/3?

Mann said:   10 years ago
For drop hammer we use c = 2.5. So correct answer is 10 tonne.

10 tonnes said:   1 decade ago
W = 1000 kg.
H = 1 m = 100 cm.
F = 6.
S = 0.5 cm.
And C = 2.5.

Now formula is: W*H/ (S+C) = 10 tonnes.


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