Pile

Pile Benefits

1. Accurate simulation of problems with wide range of capabilities for piles
2. Quick method of analysis
3. Extensive output capabilities
   

About This Software

Harness the latest techniques to calculate pile load capacity

Pile software uses new and traditional techniques to calculate the vertical load carrying capacities of piles in a layered soil deposit. It works with drained (frictional) and undrained (cohesive) soils and shows the results in a clear graphical format that can be exported easily.

Choose the method for load capacity calculations

The program offers two ways of calculating the capacity of the pile: the working load approach and the limit-state approach. Users can opt to calculate the pile capacity for a range of pile depths as well as for different cross-section shapes, such as circular, square and H-section. They can also specify under-reams or enlarged bases easily.

Results are clear to see. Pile’s graphical output depicts the variation with depth of different pile capacities, such as shaft resistance, end bearing and total bearing capacity. To share calculations, users can simply export this in WMF format or export the tabular output in a variety of text formats.

Pile has been proven on projects around the world and is a useful addition to the desktop of any engineer working on pile design.

Features

• The soil is specified in layers. Each layer is set to be drained(frictional) or undrained(cohesive) and appropriate strength parameters are specified. Maximum values can be set for ultimate soil/shaft friction stress and end bearing stress within each layer.
• The user has four choices for selecting datum - Depth below ground level, depth below mud-line, elevation above Ordnance Datum, and finally a user-specified datum.
• Porewater pressures within the soil deposit can be set to hydrostatic or piezometric.
• The user has the option to calculate the pile capacity for a range of pile depths, for different cross-section shapes such circular, square and H-section. The circular and square cross-sections may be hollow or solid, where as the H-section is only solid. In addition, under-reams or enlarged bases may be specified.
• There are two approaches available to calculate the capacity of the pile - Working load approach and Limit-state approach.
• The graphical output depicts the variation of different pile capacities such as shaft resistance, end bearing, total bearing capacity of the pile etc. with pile depth. This may be exported in WMF format.
• The text output contains the tabular representation of the above data together with the input data. The user also has the option of exporting these results in CSV format.