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
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Abdul latif nasar said:   1 decade ago
Dear by this formula it become 6.08.

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.


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