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A pile cap is required to transfer the load

froma400mm400mmcolumntofour
600 mm diameter piles, as shown in Fig.
14.30.

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Pile caps can be designed either by the

trussanalogyorbybendingtheory(seeBS
8110: Part 1: 3.11.4.1(5)). In this
examplebendingtheorywillbeused.

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additiontobendingandbondstresschecks,
acheckshouldbemadeonthelocalshear
stress at the face of the column, and a
beam shear check for shear across the

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width of the pile cap. For more widely spaced piles (spacing > 3 diameter), a punching
shearcheckshouldalsobecarriedout.

Localshearcheck
TheultimatecolumnloadisPu=6400kN.
Lengthofcolumnperimeterisu=2(400+400)=1600mm.
Theshearstressatthefaceofthecolumnis

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Bendingshearcheck
InaccordancewithBS8110:Part1:3.11.4.3,shearischeckedacrossasection20%ofthe
diameterofthepile(i.e.D/5)insidethefaceofthepile.ThisissectionAAinFig.14.30.

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Theshearforceacrossthissectionignoringtheselfweightofthepilecap,whichissmallin
comparisonisgivenby

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Thecorrespondingshearstressisgivenbyvu =Vu/bvd,wherebvisthebreadthofsection
forreinforcementdesign.
InaccordancewithBS8110:Part1:3.11.4.4,thismustnotexceed(2d/av)vcwhereavis
dened in Fig. 14.30 and vc is the design concrete shear stress from BS 8110: Part 1:
Table3.8.Thus

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minimumvalueofvcis0.4N/mm2,giving

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