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Pile Design - Ultimate Bearing Capacity vs ULS Load

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engstudent44

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Mar 18, 2025
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Hello,

I hope this is a quick question regarding pile design. I have calculated the ULS factored load acting on a pile. I have calculated the ultimate bearing capacity of the pile which exceeds the factored load. However, should I also apply a safety factor to the bearing capacity of the pile?


Thank you.
 
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there are many different ways of doing it, the old traditional way was just a lumped factor of safety of 3 on your combined shaft and end bearing capacity.

but read any text book on geotechnical or foundation engineering. 30 seconds of google and you would have got your answer
 
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