Square Pile

Property

Type

Description

Default

Example/range of values

General

Name

The item's name

Pile 1

any text

Type

The item's type

Square Pile

Category

The item's sub group

Pile Foundation

Kind

The item's group

Structural Elements

Notes

Free-form notes regarding this item

any text

Dimensions

X-position

Position of pile head on plan

0 m

any value

Y-position

Position of pile head on plan

0 m

any value

Depth

Depth of the pile head

0 m

 ³ -3 m and £ 10 m

Level

Height of the pile head above site datum

0 m

 ³ -10m and £ 3 m

Length

Total axial length of the pile

20 m

³ 2 m and £ 100 m

Free standing length

Axial length of the pile above ground

0 m

 ³ -3 m and £ 10 m

Embedded length

Axial length of the pile below ground

20 m

automatically calculated

X-rake

Inclination of the pile from the vertical

0°

 ³ -60° and £ 60°

Y-rake

Inclination of the pile from the vertical

0°

³ -60° and £ 60°

X-gradient

[-]

The cotangent of the pile's X-rake

INF

³ 0.577 and

£ -0.577

Y-gradient

[-]

The cotangent of the pile's Y-rake

INF

³ 0.577 and

£ -0.577

Pile toe X

Position of pile toe on plan

0 m

automatically calculated

Pile toe Y

Position of pile toe on plan

0 m

automatically calculated

Pile toe Depth

Depth of the pile toe

20 m

automatically calculated

Pile toe Level

Height of the pile toe above site datum

-20 m

automatically calculated

Material Properties

Material Name

Name of material comprising pile

Not specified

Any concrete in the project

Mass Density

Density of pile material

depends on chosen material

E (Young's modulus)

Young's modulus of pile material

depends on chosen material

Anisotropy

[-]

The ratio of the horizontal to vertical stiffness

depends on chosen material

Section Properties

Breadth

Breadth of square pile

0.5 m

³ 0.2 m and £ 3 m

Section area (A)

Area of the section

2500 cm2

automatically calculated

Help

Help file

Help file providing further information about this item

Rex.chm

Web site

Web site for the program

www.geocentrix.co.uk/help/