Rectangular Pile Cap With Spreadsheet
- ASSUMPTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS OF THE SPREADSHEETMaximum load cases are constrained to 100.
- The diagrams demonstrating the plan of pile cap is characteristic only; meant to provide the direction of co-ordinate axes. The number of piles/size of pile cap provided will not be modified on the basis of the input.
- The pile cap is supposed to be inflexible.
- This spreadsheet is intended for rectangular pile caps. This spreadsheet is not applicable for octagonal or irregular shaped pile caps.
- Lowest number of piles should be 4. (Individual spreadsheets are formed with pile caps having 2 piles & 3 piles). Highest number of piles should be 28.
- Centroid of pedestal is taken as the source for co-ordinate axes.
- Eccentricity of horizontal loads relating to C.G. of pile cap is not taken into consideration.