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Tension in piles 1

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Geo23

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Sep 9, 2010
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Is it always safe to assume the tension in a pile as being half of the compression?
 
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Good heavens, no! Think of an end-bearing pile driven a little way into a dense sand under some very soft material. The tensile capacity is a very small fraction of the compressive capacity. (I assume you are referring to capacity when you say "tension" and "compression.")

Or, think of a friction pile with very little tip resistance.
 
Thank you for your quick response dgillette!
 
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