Soldier Pile Tab |
Soldier Pile Tab
Pile Section: | Opens the Steel Section Database, allowing the selection of common pile sections. |
Pile Spacing, ft: | Center to center spacing of piles, typically 6 ft to 10 ft. |
Pile is encased in concrete: | Select whether the steel pile is driven into the soil or placed into a drilled hole and encased in lean concrete. |
Pile Flange Width / Diameter of Encasement, in: | If the pile is driven, enter the flange width. If the pile is set in lean concrete in a drilled hole, enter the hole diameter. |
Multiplier to Passive Wedge: | This is an arching factor. It takes the form of a multiplier from 1.0 to 3.0 to be applied to the pile flange width or drilled hole diameter due to wedging action and is usually provided by the geotechnical engineer. |
Total Pile Embedment, ft: | Actual embedment, usually rounded from the required embedment reported below. |
Pile Yield Stress, Fy: | Yield stress of the selected pile section. |
Unbraced Length for Soldier Pile: | Allows the user to specify the unbraced length for steel design purposes. This is a conditional input. |
If the pile is not tied back, the user can select:
•Consider pile unbraced for lateral torsional buckling
•Consider pile fully-braced for lateral torsional buckling
If the pile is tied back, the user can select:
•Consider pile unbraced for lateral torsional buckling
•Consider pile to be braced at tieback locations
•Consider pile fully-braced for lateral torsional buckling
Use Lagging: | Check this box if lagging is to be considered between piles. |
Lagging Depth, ft: | Depth below grade at which lagging pressure is to be calculated based on the active soil pressure. |
Lagging Pressure @ Depth, psf: | Pressure used in the design of horizontal wood lagging between piles. |
Lagging Moment @ Depth, ft-lbs: | Moment computed assuming arching action and using moment = 0.8 * wl2/8. |
Lagging Shear @ Depth, lb/vertical ft: | Shear computed using wl/2 where w is the Lagging Pressure @ Depth determined above. |
Lagging selection: | Wood lagging selection, such as 4 in x 12 in. No design is performed based on this entry, but it is printed in the calculation report for documentation purposes. |