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Regards, Damodar S Kamat

The document summarizes analyzing the effect of varying the thickness of a pile cap on pile reactions. A STAAD model was created of a 2m x 2m pile cap with five 500mm diameter piles. The reaction of the central pile was plotted against increasing cap thickness. The analysis showed that as thickness increases, the load on the central pile decreases and distributes more to the peripheral piles, as expected with a thicker, more rigid cap. A thickness of 1.2 to 1.5m was determined to make the pile reactions nearly equal, representing a practical thickness for the cap.

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Regards, Damodar S Kamat

The document summarizes analyzing the effect of varying the thickness of a pile cap on pile reactions. A STAAD model was created of a 2m x 2m pile cap with five 500mm diameter piles. The reaction of the central pile was plotted against increasing cap thickness. The analysis showed that as thickness increases, the load on the central pile decreases and distributes more to the peripheral piles, as expected with a thicker, more rigid cap. A thickness of 1.2 to 1.5m was determined to make the pile reactions nearly equal, representing a practical thickness for the cap.

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Finding the criteria for thickness of pile cap for it to behave as a rigid

member for the following assumption is valid :

force in pile = P/A (+/-) M/Z

I have made a STAAD model of pile cap (2 mx2m) with five no piles.
(See the STAAD model)

I am studying the effect of variation of pile cap thickness on the pile


reaction.

For the study I have considered central pile , and plotted the graph of
variation of pile recation wrt to thickness.

Pile selected = 500 dia , 60 T capacity , L =15 m (see exel file)

from this pile stiffness K is calculated which is applied is support at pile


locations.

Following observation from analysis :

As the thickness is increasing , the load on the central pile decreases


and gets distributed to peripheral piles ; which is an expected
behaviour since the pile cap becomes rigid, it distributes the load to a
wider area.

See the graph , as the thk increases , the central pile recation becomes
less and less and becomes parallel to x axis i.e thickness.

Ideally , there is one thickness , which will make reactions in al the pile
same i.e P/N .(in this case , difference in pile reactions is very less

I have tried to increase the thk to 20 m

I think for practical purpose , thickness of 1.2 to 1.5 wheregraph


become assymptotic is fairly o.k.

Regards,

Damodar S Kamat

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