Stone Column single capacity

INPUTS

Soil Properties

SPT N value N = 3
Angle of friction φ = 28 °
Cohesion of soil c = 0 KN/m2
Unit weigth of soil g = 17 KN/m3
Young's Modulus E = 10000 KN/m2
Earth pressure
coefficent at rest Ko = 0.53

Stone colmun Properties

Angle of friction φc = 42 °
Passive earth
pressure coefficent Kpcol = 5.04
Pattern = Triangular
Spacing S = 2m
Length L = 2
B = 1.73 m
Diameter D = 0.8 m

Column capacity calculation

Capacity based on bulging effect

Initial radial stress sro = 14.43 KN/m2

Limiting radia stress srl = 14.43 KN/m2
Limiting axial stress sv = 72.80 KN/m2

Yield load = 36.59 KN

Safe Load Q1 = 18.30 KN

Capacity based on surcharge effect

Bearing capacity Factor,Nc = 25.8

Bearing capacity Factor,Nq = 14.72
Bearing capacity Factor,Ng = 16.72

Net bearing capacity, qnet = 657.424 KN/m2

Safe bearing capacity, qsafe = 290.17 KN/m2

Increase in mean radial stress = 199.35 KN/m2

mean stress q = 18.69 KN/m2
Vesic's cavity expansion factor = 387.092416 Ir

Vesic's coefficient Fq = 1.06

Increase in ultimate cavity stres = 211.86 KN/m2

Yield stress = 1068.79 KN/m2

Safe load Q2 = 268.62 KN

Bearing provided by the intervening soil

Area of intervening soil, Ag = 2.96 m2

Safe Load Q3 = 860.10 KN

Total load Q Q1+Q2+Q3 = 1147.02 KN

 N φ Es values for sand on Shultz & Muhus, 1998
0.00 0.00 For Sand
1.00 25.00
2.00 27.00 1 2 S C SM
3.00 28.00 N Es (t/m2)Es (KN/m2) Es (KN/m2)
Es (KN/m2)
4.00 28.00 2 200 2000 1200 2000
5.00 28.00 3 1000 10000 2500 10000
6.00 29.00 4 1300 13000 4000 13000
7.00 29.00 5 1600 16000 5400 16000
8.00 29.00 6 1830 18300 7000 18300
9.00 29.00 7 2060 20600 9000 20600 Square
10.00 30.00 8 2290 22900 12000 22900 Triangular
11.00 30.00 9 2520 25200 14000 25200
12.00 30.00 10 2750 27500 16000 27500
13.00 31.00 11 2960 29600 19000 29600
14.00 31.00 12 3170 31700 21000 31700
15.00 31.00 13 3380 33800 24000 33800
16.00 32.00 14 3590 35900 27000 35900
17.00 32.00 15 3800 38000 30000 38000
18.00 32.00 16 3990 39900 32400 39900
19.00 33.00 17 4180 41800 34800 41800
20.00 33.00 18 4370 43700 37200 43700
21.00 33.00 19 4560 45600 39600 45600
22.00 34.00 20 4750 47500 42000 47500
23.00 34.00 21 4900 49000 43600 49000
24.00 34.00 22 5050 50500 45200 50500
25.00 34.00 23 5200 52000 46800 52000
26.00 34.00 24 5350 53500 48400 53500
27.00 35.00 25 5500 55000 50000 55000
28.00 35.00 26 5640 56400 52000 56400
29.00 35.00 27 5780 57800 54000 57800
30.00 36.00 28 5920 59200 56000 59200
31.00 36.00 29 6060 60600 58000 60600
32.00 36.00 30 6200 62000 60000 62000
33.00 36.00 31 6320 63200 62000 63200
34.00 37.00 32 6440 64400 64000 64400
35.00 37.00 33 6560 65600 66000 65600
36.00 37.00 34 6680 66800 68000 66800
37.00 38.00 35 6800 68000 70000 68000
38.00 38.00 36 6900 69000 72000 69000
39.00 38.00 37 7000 70000 7400 70000
40.00 38.00 38 7100 71000 76000 71000
41.00 38.00 39 7200 72000 78000 72000
42.00 39.00 40 7300 73000 80000 73000
43.00 39.00 41 7400 74000 82000 74000
44.00 39.00 42 7500 75000 84000 75000
45.00 39.00 43 7600 76000 86000 76000
46.00 39.00 44 7700 77000 88000 77000
47.00 40.00 45 7800 78000 90000 78000
48.00 40.00 46 7840 78400 92000 78400
49.00 40.00 47 7880 78800 94000 78800
50.00 40.00 48 7920 79200 96000 79200
51.00 41.00 49 7960 79600 98000 79600
52.00 41.00 50 8000 80000 100000 80000
53.00 41.00 51 8123 81232.89 102000 81232.89
54.00 41.00 52 8181 81812.32 104000 81812.32
55.00 41.00 53 8237 82366.68 106000 82366.68
56.00 41.00 54 8290 82896.64 108000 82896.64
57.00 42.00 55 8340 83402.9 110000 83402.9
58.00 42.00 56 8389 83886.13 112000 83886.13
59.00 42.00 57 8435 84347.02 114000 84347.02
60.00 42.00 58 8479 84786.26 116000 84786.26
61.00 42.00 59 8520 85204.52 118000 85204.52
62.00 42.00 60 8560 85602.5 120000 85602.5
63.00 42.00 61 8598 85980.87 122000 85980.87
64.00 43.00 62 8634 86340.32 124000 86340.32
65.00 43.00 63 8668 86681.54 126000 86681.54
66.00 43.00 64 8701 87005.2 128000 87005.2
67.00 43.00 65 8731 87312 130000 87312
68.00 43.00 66 8760 87602.61 132000 87602.61
69.00 43.00 67 8788 87877.72 134000 87877.72
70.00 43.00 68 8814 88138.02 136000 88138.02
71.00 44.00 69 8838 88384.18 138000 88384.18
70 8862 88616.9 140000 88616.9
71 8884 88836.85 140000 88836.85
72 8904 89044.72 140000 89044.72
73 8924 89241.2 140000 89241.2
74 8943 89426.96 140000 89426.96
75 8960 89602.7 140000 89602.7
76 8977 89769.09 140000 89769.09
77 8993 89926.82 140000 89926.82
78 9008 90076.58 140000 90076.58
79 9022 90219.04 140000 90219.04
80 9035 90354.9 140000 90354.9
81 9048 90484.83 140000 90484.83
82 9061 90609.52 140000 90609.52
83 9073 90729.66 140000 90729.66
84 9085 90845.92 140000 90845.92
85 9096 90959 140000 90959
86 9107 91069.57 140000 91069.57
87 9118 91178.32 140000 91178.32
88 9129 91285.94 140000 91285.94
89 9139 91393.1 140000 91393.1
90 9150 91500.5 140000 91500.5
91 9161 91608.81 140000 91608.81
92 9172 91718.72 140000 91718.72
 ϕ Nc Nq Nγ
0 5.14 1 0
1 5.38 1.09 0.07
3 5.9 1.31 0.24
4 6.19 1.43 0.34
5 6.49 1.57 0.45
6 6.81 1.72 0.57
1 7 7.16 1.88 0.71
0.8667 8 7.53 2.06 0.86
9 7.92 2.25 1.03 Ir Fc
10 8.34 2.47 1.22 5 2.556
11 8.8 2.71 1.44 10 3.2602
12 9.28 2.97 1.69 25 4.1814
13 9.81 3.26 1.97 50 4.8974
14 10.37 3.59 2.29 100 5.6691
15 10.98 3.94 2.65 250 6.7112
16 11.63 4.34 3.06 500 7.299
17 12.34 4.77 3.53
18 13.1 5.26 4.07 Ir
19 13.93 5.8 4.68 Xo 250
20 14.83 6.4 5.39 X1 500
21 15.81 7.07 6.2 X 387.0924
22 16.88 7.82 7.13
23 18.05 8.66 8.2
24 19.32 9.6 9.44
25 20.72 10.66 10.88
26 22.25 11.85 12.54
27 23.94 13.2 14.47
28 25.8 14.72 16.72
29 27.86 16.44 19.34
30 30.14 18.4 22.4
31 32.67 20.63 25.99
32 35.49 23.18 30.21
33 38.64 26.09 35.19
34 42.16 29.44 41.06
35 46.12 33.3 48.03
36 50.59 37.75 56.31
37 55.63 42.92 66.19
38 61.35 48.93 78.02
39 67.87 55.96 92.25
40 75.31 64.2 109.41
41 83.86 73.9 130.21
42 93.71 85.37 155.54
43 105.11 99.01 186.53
44 118.37 115.31 224.63
45 133.87 134.87 271.75
46 152.1 158.5 330.34
47 173.64 187.21 403.65
48 199.26 222.3 496
49 299.92 265.5 613.14
50 266.88 319.06 762.86
Fq
1.0029
1.0122
1.0177
1.0138
1.025
1.0813
1.0475

Fc Fq
6.7112 1.0813
7.299 1.0475
7.033532 1.062765