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0 5.14 1.0 0.0
6 6.81 1.23 0.11
10 8.3 2.5 0.39
16 11.63 4.34 1.43
20 14.8 6.4 2.95
26 22.25 11.85 7.94
30 30.1 18.4 15.07
32 35.5 23.2 20.79
34 42.4 29.4 28.77
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0 5.14 1.0 0.0
5 6.5 1.57 0.45
10 8.35 2.47 1.22
15 10.98 3.94 2.65
20 14.83 6.4 5.39
25 20.72 10.66 10.88
30 30.14 18.4 22.4
32 35.49 23.18 30.22
34 42.16 29.44 41.06
36 50.59 37.75 56.31
38 61.35 48.93 78.03
40 75.31 64.20 109.41
42 93.71 85.38 155.55
44 118.37 115.31 224.64

Bearing Capacity Factors for Deep Foundations

Meyerhof Values of Nq For Driven and Drilled Piles

f Driven Drilled
20 8 4
25 12 5
28 20 8
30 25 12
32 35 17
34 45 22
36 60 30
38 80 40
40 120 60
42 160 80
45 230 115

Other soil and soil related properties are listed below:

Angle of Internal Friction

Bearing Capacity Factors
Cohesion
External Friction Angle
Factor of Safety
Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficients
Modulus of Vertical Subgrade Reaction
Soil Unit Weights
Young's Modulus or modulus of elasticity

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