Pile catalogue
The Pile Catalogue is used to add or edit pile dimensions and capacities.
To open the dialog:
- Click the Foundations tab.
- Click Pile Catalogue.
The Pile Catalogue dialog is displayed.
1. Pile data
If working to Eurocodes the following data is required.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
|
Name |
Pile name |
|
Rc,d,1 |
Axial compressive resistance GEO |
|
Rt,d,1 |
Axial tensile resistance GEO |
|
Rc,d,2 |
Axial compressive resistance STR |
|
Rt,d,2 |
Axial tensile resistance STR |
|
HR,1 |
Lateral resistance GEO |
|
HR,2 |
Lateral resistance STR |
| Installation type |
|
| Shape |
|
| Dimension | Diameter, or length of side |
| Used | Automatically checked when the pile has been assigned in the model |
If working to other regional codes the following data is required.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
|
Name |
Pile name |
|
Rc |
Axial compressive resistance |
|
Rt |
Axial tensile resistance |
|
HR |
Lateral resistance |
| Installation type |
|
| Shape |
|
| Dimension | Diameter, or length of side |
| Used | Automatically checked when the pile has been assigned in the model |
2. Add/Edit
Opens the below dialog for adding/editing piles.
| Data | |
|---|---|
|
Name |
Pile name |
| Installation type |
|
| Shape |
|
| Dimension | Diameter, or length of side |
| Length | Length of pile |
| Embedment | Length of embedment |
| Load transfer type |
|
| Material | |
|---|---|
|
Note: Material
information defined here has no design significance. It is
assigned solely to allow embodied carbon to be calculated and
reported for the 'Pile' construction type.
|
|
| Material type |
|
| Material grade | Grade of selected material. |
| Volume adjustment |
There are many and varied piling systems. Although a theoretical diameter and length are input, in practice these can be minimums or approximations. A volume adjustment can therefore be applied to allow different systems to be catered for. Example - an in-situ under-reamed piling system might be given an adjustment >> 100% |
| Reinforcement grade | For concrete, the reinforcement grade is selected by clicking […] |
| Reinforcement Volume % | If you set a percentage > 0% the calculated mass of reinforcement
will be able to be used when calculating reinforcement ECFs. See the below note for further details. |
| Reinforcement Mass | Calculated using the above volume %. |
Note: Reported carbon for cast-in-place
concrete piles
There are
two options available:
-
Option 1 - Simplest
- Treat in the same was as precast - apply a single factor that allows for both concrete and rebar.
- Can use the existing “precast” ECF, or more likely create one specifically for piles.
-
Option 2 - Treat concrete and rebar separately:
- Edit appropriate ECFs in the concrete category to activate the Pile variant in the Entity filter.
- In the Pile Catalogue set a reinforcement % for each pile. The resulting reinforcement mass will then be used to calculate the embodied carbon mass of the pile reinforcement. This can then be picked up by appropriate reinforcement ECFs in the reinforcement category.
| Pile Capacity | |
|---|---|
| Axial compressive resistance | Axial compressive resistance |
| Axial tensile resistance | Axial tensile resistance |
| Lateral resistance | Lateral resistance |
| Vertical | |
|---|---|
| Linearity |
|
| Vertical spring stiffness | Linear springs only. |
| Vertical compression spring stiffness | Non-linear springs only. |
| Vertical compression limit | Non-linear springs only. The spring compression capacity. |
| Vertical tension spring stiffness | Non-linear springs only. |
| Vertical tension limit | Non-linear springs only. The spring tension capacity. |
| Horizontal | |
|---|---|
| Horizontal restraint |
|
| Horizontal spring stiffness | Linear springs only. |
3. Delete
Deletes the selected pile data.
4. OK/Cancel
Click OK to save, or Cancel to close without saving.