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    LPILE Group Effects

    Do you know how to do that? I am only given one value for the p-multiplier in my soils report (0.75) but I see in the manual that you must put it based on distance from pile head.
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    LPILE Group Effects

    What about the p-multipliers for group effects?
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    LPILE Group Effects

    I am trying to run LPILE for some cored piers that are 3 diameters apart. Per the soils report they must be a minimum of 5 diameters apart in one direction (normal to the load) and 8 diameters apart (parallel to the load) or else I need to use a reduction factor which they gave me. How do you...
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    LPILE Soil Parameters Question - cohension/undrained shear strength

    I am trying to work my way through using LPILE for the first time and I'm trying to replicate references from previous jobs from before I was here. For the soil parameters, are cohesion and undrained shear strength considered the same thing? I'm seeing them used almost interchangeably and they...
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    LPILE Clay classifications

    For LPILE, you have to pick the type of soil in each layer and for clay there are a few options (ex: soft, stiff, etc.). In the soils report I'm working with they just say "clay" under the LPILE parameters table. If I go to the boring log they give labels such as "lean clay", "fat clay", "lean...
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    LPILE Top soil layer question

    For LPILE, when you want to ignore say the top 5 ft of soil do you input that into the soil properties or just start the first soil level at a lower depth?
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    LPILE

    I am trying to learn how to use LPILE on my own. Does anyone know of any tutorials or instructions for how to use the program? Currently I'm working just with the manual and it's quite tedious.
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    LPILE Top soil layer question

    For LPILE, when you want to ignore say the top 5 ft of soil do you input that into the soil properties or just start the first soil level at a lower depth?
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    LPILE Clay classifications

    For LPILE, you have to pick the type of soil in each layer and for clay there are a few options (ex: soft, stiff, etc.). In the soils report I'm working with they just say "clay" under the LPILE parameters table. If I go to the boring log they give labels such as "lean clay", "fat clay", "lean...
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    LPILE Soil Parameters Question - cohension/undrained shear strength

    I am trying to work my way through using LPILE for the first time and I'm trying to replicate references from previous jobs from before I was here. For the soil parameters, are cohesion and undrained shear strength considered the same thing? I'm seeing them used almost interchangeably and they...
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    Undercutting question

    We received a soils report on a project that says the following: Recommends that structures, where shallow slab-on-grade foundations are being considered due to tolerance for some foundation movements, utilize preparations recommended herein to reduce the PVR to on the toher of approximately...
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    Hydrostatic uplift pressure on a spread footer

    "Also be careful that your bearing capacity analysis was performed with the water level assumed for this limiting condition." Sorry could you explain a little more what this means? The water has an effect on the allowable bearing pressure? I spoke to the geotechnical engineer on this project...
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    Hydrostatic uplift pressure on a spread footer

    I am looking at a possible foundation design on a site where the worst case water table is 4 ft below grade. Our spread footer is deeper than this depth so we are concerned about uplift from the water. What area do you use to apply the 62.4 pcf of water pressure to the foundation? I was...
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    Anchor bolt embedment question into existing concrete

    We need to embed new anchor bolts into an existing foundation. I have attached a sketch showing a similar design to what we're planning to do. Basically my question is how much concrete cover do you need above the anchor bolt to the edge of the top of concrete (see red marks on sketch)? We are...
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    difference between slab on grade and mat foundation

    What is the difference between a slab on grade and a mat foundation?

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