I have an arrangement like this on pile cap where circular piles are used and on top of pile cap i directly have bearings. The pile cap is itself loaded with wave, ice, wind load and bearing reaction for superstructure load. How to design this pile cap using strut and tie method and if i check...
Do we have to check the punching from piles in the pile cap from individual piles with reduced perimeter from overlapping perimeter or calculate the punching for perimeter at a distance where the perimter does not overlap with other pile perimeter? Should we also check punching due to grouo...
