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Foundation Design

Report
60m Communication tower at Bandra terminus
Site condition

Subsurface profile at this site generally consists of fill overlying completely weathered rock
underlain by hard bedrock. Encountered soil/rock layers are described below;

LAYER I: fill
LAYER II: completely weathered rock
LAYER III: hard basalt bedrock

Ground water Levels


Groundwater was observed in borehole at a depth of 2.0m below ground level. Seasonal and
annual fluctuations in ground water levels can be expected.

Foundation type

Considering communication tower structure of 60m height and as shown in STAAD analysis
wind load will be predominant in design on foundation.

To prevent from uplift since it is light weight steel frame Pile foundation shall be ideal.

Safe Vertical and Lateral Capacity of Piles as per soil test recommendations.

Pile Safe Vertical Safe Lateral Safe Uplift


Diameter Downward Capacity (tons) Capacity (tons)
(mm) Capacity (tons)
600 135 20 35
700 185 23 45
800 240 26 60
1000 375 33 95

Maximum total settlement of piles installed as described above will be less than 12mm.

Depth of fixity for lateral loads will be 6.2D below pile cap.

Maximum support reactions for foundation design.

Node No. Fx (kN) Fy (kN) Fz (kN)


2 97 918 -97
3 40 558 80
4 -99 -827 99
5 -79 558 -40
Calculation of Stiffness Factors as per IS 2911 (PART 1/SEC 2) :2010
For Piles in sand and Normally Loaded Clays

Length of Pile (L) 4 (m)

Dia of Pile 0.7 (m)

Grade of Conc. 25

Modulus of Subgrade 5 kN/m3


Reaction (Granular)

Stiffness Factor (T) 2.259552

Behavior of Pile Short (rigid) pile

Since embedded length of pile (L) <= 2xT


MINIMUM REINFORCEMENT COMPARION SUMMARY

Dia of Pile = 600 mm


Depth of Pile Below NGL = 4000 mm
Cantilever Length of Pile Above NGL = 500 mm
Total Length of Pile=4000+500 = 4500 mm

Provided Main Bars = Dia Nos


20 12

As per Clause 6.11.4 in IS:2911-Part-1 & Sec-2


Minimum Main steel bars in pile = Dia Nos
12 10
Cross section area of pile,Ap = 282600 Sqmm
Cross Section area of Steel, Ast Min = 1130 Sqmm
or
As per Clause 6.11.1 in IS:2911-Part-1 & Sec-2
Percentage of reinforcement,Pt
= 0.4 %
( for provided cross section of pile)

Cross section area of steel, Ast min


= 1130 Sqmm
(For Main Bar throuout the shaft)

Spacing of shear reinforcement

Diameter of reinforcement = 8 mm
Spacing of the ring:
Least of the following:
(i) diameter of pile = 700 mm
(ii) 16 x dia of smallest long. reinf = 192 mm
(iii) 300 mm = 100 mm
Spacing provided 8 mm dia 100 mm c/c
AREA
COMPARISON
Main Bars = 1130.4 mm2
2
Lateral ties = 2260.8 mm
Area of Reinforcment required in pile = 3391.2 mm2

Embeded Coupler Size = CS-150x70x10x2


2
Provided Main Bar, Ast = 3768 mm
2
Area of Couplers Provided in pile = 620 mm
Area of Reinforcment provided in pile = 4388.0 mm2
Hence Ok
Pile Foundation Detailed Drawing.

Pile cap was designed as per deep beam analogy, by performing analysis in SAFE software for
foundation design.
As shown in above calculation it is a short regid pile, so it is safe in lateral diflection.
Reinforcement in pile have been confirmed as per IS 2911 recommendations.

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